Detection of hepatitis E virus in wild boars of rural and urban regions in Germany and whole genome characterization of an endemic strain

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Authors

Anika Schielke · Federal Institute for Risk Assessment

Katja Sachs · Lower Saxony State Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety

Michael Lierz · Freie Universität Berlin

Bernd Appel · Federal Institute for Risk Assessment

Andreas Jansen · Robert Koch Institute

Reimar Johne · Federal Institute for Risk Assessment

Abstract

The results indicate that wild boars have to be considered as a reservoir for HEV in Germany and that a risk of HEV transmission to humans is present in rural as well as urban regions.

Topics & Keywords

Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Veterinary medicine and infectious diseases

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable cities and communities

Publication Details

Published in: Virology Journal

Volume 6, Issue 1, pp. 58-58

DOI: 10.1186/1743-422x-6-58

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