Hepatitis E Virus Variant in Farmed Mink, Denmark

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a zoonotic virus for which pigs are the primary animal reservoir. To investigate whether HEV occurs in mink in Denmark, we screened feces and tissues from domestic and wild mink. Our finding of a novel HEV variant supports previous findings of HEV variants in a variety of...

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Main Authors: Jesper S. Krog, Solvej Ø. Breum, Trine H. Jensen, Lars E. Larsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
HEV
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/12/13-0614_article