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SUBMITTER: Garcia N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6997137 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
García Nerea N Hernández Marta M Gutierrez-Boada Maialen M Valero Antonio A Navarro Alejandro A Muñoz-Chimeno Milagros M Fernández-Manzano Alvaro A Escobar Franco Matías FM Martínez Irene I Bárcena Carmen C González Sergio S Avellón Ana A Eiros Jose M JM Fongaro Gislaine G Domínguez Lucas L Goyache Joaquín J Rodríguez-Lázaro David D
Frontiers in microbiology 20200128
Zoonotic hepatitis E, mainly caused by hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotype (gt) 3, is a foodborne disease that has emerged in Europe in recent decades. The main animal reservoir for genotype 3 is domestic pigs. Pig liver and liver derivates are considered the major risk products, and studies focused on the presence of HEV in pig muscles are scarce. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the presence of HEV in different organs and tissues of 45 apparently healthy pigs from nine Spanish s ...[more]