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SUBMITTER: Vivek R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3062464 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vivek Rosario R Kang Gagandeep G
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20110401 4
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) in industrialized countries is zoonotically transmitted, and swine act as a major reservoir of HEV. Serum samples from 102 swine and plasma from 34 swine handlers in Vellore, India were tested by using a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction to detect and genotype HEV. We measured levels of IgG against HEV in swine handlers and in age and geographically matched controls from rural and urban populations in Vellore. HEV was amplified from two pigs and both viruses ...[more]