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Transmission dynamics of hepatitis E among swine: potential impact upon human infection

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is a zoonosis for which pigs play a role as a reservoir. In Japan, the infection has been enzootic in swine. Clarifying the detailed mechanisms of transmission within farms is required in order to facilitate an understanding of the age-specific patterns...

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Autores principales: Satou, Kunio, Nishiura, Hiroshi
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1885244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17493260
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-6148-3-9