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SUBMITTER: Battistini R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9694157 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Battistini Roberta R Serracca Laura L Razzuoli Elisabetta E Listorti Valeria V Guardone Lisa L Dellepiane Monica M Pussini Nicola N Brunelli Francesco F Peletto Simone S Beltramo Chiara C Ercolini Carlo C Masotti Chiara C
Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) 20221026 11
The wild boar is an important natural reservoir for the zoonotic transmission of the hepatitis E virus (HEV) around the world. In particular, HEV genotypes 3 and 4 are an emerging problem in industrialized countries, as the number of wild boars has increased, and their territory is ever closer to farms and populated areas. This study describes the HEV prevalence and geographic circulation among wild boar populations in the Ligurian region (Italy) during the period 2019-2022. Liver samples from 8 ...[more]