Pigs May Be Transmission Route Of Rat Hepatitis E To Humans

Pigs May Be Transmission Route Of Rat Hepatitis E To Humans

Eurasia Review

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New research suggests that pigs may function as a transmission vehicle for a strain of the hepatitis E virus (HEV) common in rats that has recently been found to infect humans.

TheRocahepevirus rattistrain is called “rat HEV” because rats are the primary reservoir of the virus. Since the first human case was reported in...

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