Wildlife Reservoir for Hepatitis E Virus, Southwestern France

Pigs are a reservoir for hepatitis E virus (HEV). To determine the relative contribution of game to the risk for human HEV infection in southwestern France, we tested wildlife samples. HEV RNA was in 3.3% of wildlife livers, indicating that in this region, eating game meat is as risky as eating pork...

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Autores principales: Lhomme, Sebastien, Top, Sokunthea, Bertagnoli, Stephane, Dubois, Martine, Guerin, Jean-Luc, Izopet, Jacques
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4480389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26079541
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2107.141909

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4480389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26079541
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2107.141909

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