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Article: Prevalence of four different subgenotypes of genotype 4 hepatitis E virus among swine in the Shanghai area of China.(Research)(Report)
- Article from:
- Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
- Article date:
- May 31, 2008
- Author:
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Authors: Yijia Yan (equal contributor) [1]; Wen Zhang (equal contributor) [1]; Quan Shen [1]; Li Cui [1]; Xiuguo Hua (corresponding author) [1]
Background
Hepatitis E virus (HEV), a member of the genus Hepevirus, is a non- enveloped virus with a positives- stranded RNA genome approximately7.2 kb in length [1]. HEV has been proven to transmit by the faecal- oral route, and outbreaks of hepatitis E are attributed to water contaminated with HEV. HEV and antibodies to HEV have been reportedly found in a wide variety of animals, especially swine [2, 3, 4, 5]. A hypothesis has arisen that zoonosis is involved in the transmission of HEV, especially for the ...
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