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Hepatitis E virus genotype 3 in humans and Swine, Bolivia |
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| Authors: | Dell'Amico Maria Chiara Cavallo Annalisa Gonzales José Luis Bonelli Sara Irene Valda Ybar Pieri Angela Segund Higinio Ibañez Ramón Mantella Antonia Bartalesi Filippo Tolari Francesco Bartoloni Alessandro |
| Institution: | Dipartimento di Patologia Animale, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Pisa, Italy. mcdellamico@hotmail.com |
| Abstract: | We determined the seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in persons in 2 rural communities in southeastern Bolivia and the presence of HEV in human and swine fecal samples. HEV seroprevalence was 6.3%, and HEV genotype 3 strains with high sequence homology were detected. |
| Keywords: | hepatitis E virus viruses humans swine ELISA RT-PCR phylogenetic analysis genotype 3 Bolivia dispatch |
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