Detection of hepatitis E virus RNA in rats caught in pig farms from Northern Italy

• Published in: Zoonoses and Public Health
• Main Authors: De Sabato, Luca, Ianiro, Giovanni, Monini, Marina, De Lucia, Alessia, Ostanello, Fabio, Di Bartolo, Ilaria
• Other Authors: Seventh Framework Programme
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2019
• Subjects: Rime; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zph.12655; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/zph.12655; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/zph.12655

Abstract Hepatitis E virus (HEV) strains belonging to the Orthohepevirus genus are divided into four species ( A–D ). HEV strains included in the Orthohepevirus A species infect humans and several other mammals. Among them, the HEV‐3 and HEV‐4 genotypes are zoonotic and infect both humans and animal...