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High prevalence of hepatitis E virus infection among domestic pigs in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is prevalent in pigs and may serve as a reservoir for human infection. However, data on HEV infections in pigs in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, are limited. Here, we clarified the process and course of HEV in naturally infected pigs. Serum (n = 160) and liver (n = 11...

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Autores principales: Motoya, Takumi, Umezawa, Masahiro, Goto, Keiko, Doi, Ikuko, Nagata, Noriko, Ikeda, Yoshiaki, Sakuta, Atsushi, Sasaki, Nobuya, Ishii, Koji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6416891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30866949
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12917-019-1816-x