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SUBMITTER: Palombieri A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7764585 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Palombieri Andrea A Robetto Serena S Di Profio Federica F Sarchese Vittorio V Fruci Paola P Bona Maria Cristina MC Ru Giuseppe G Orusa Riccardo R Marsilio Fulvio F Martella Vito V Di Martino Barbara B
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI 20201209 12
In industrialized countries, increasing autochthonous infections of hepatitis E virus (HEV) are caused by zoonotic transmission of genotypes (Gts) 3 and 4, mainly through consumption of contaminated raw or undercooked pork meat. Although swine and wild boar are recognized as the main reservoir for Gt3 and Gt4, accumulating evidence indicates that other animal species, including domestic and wild ruminants, may harbor HEV. Herein, we screened molecularly and serologically serum and fecal samples ...[more]