Serological evidence of hepatitis E virus infection in different animal species from the Southeast of Brazil

Serological evidence of hepatitis E virus infection (HEV) has been observed in both humans and different animal species living in non-endemic areas, suggesting that animals could be important reservoir for virus transmission to man. Antibodies to HEV have been detected in some Brazilian population g...

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Main Authors: Cláudia L Vitral, Marcelo A Pinto, Lia L Lewis-Ximenez, Yuri E Khudyakov, Débora R dos Santos, Ana Maria C Gaspar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2005-04-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762005000200003