Detection of hepatitis E virus (HEV) from porcine livers in Southeastern Germany and high sequence homology to human HEV isolates

Abstract Background Hepatitis E virus (HEV) has been identified as an emerging cause of infectious hepatitis over the last years in developed countries. In contrast to travel associated hepatitis E, zoonotic sources of infection are suspected for autochthonous cases in Europe. Objective Since pigs a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of clinical virology 2011-09, Vol.52 (1), p.50-54
Hauptverfasser: Wenzel, Jürgen J, Preiß, Julia, Schemmerer, Mathias, Huber, Barbara, Plentz, Annelie, Jilg, Wolfgang
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