Cross-protection and Potential Animal Reservoir of the Hepatitis E Virus

HEV is an important public health concern due largely to water-borne outbreak. Recent research confirms individual cases of zoonotic transmission due to human exposure to contaminated animal meats. At least four recognized and two putative genotypes of mammalian HEV have been reported: genotypes 1 a...

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Main Author: Sanford, Brenton Joel
Other Authors: Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Virginia Tech 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/77133
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07122012-025848/