Hepatitis E Virus Genotype 3 in Humans and Swine, Bolivia

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Dell’Amico, Maria Chiara ; Cavallo, Annalisa ; Gonzales, José Luis ; Bonelli, Sara Irene ; Valda, Ybar ; Pieri, Angela ; Segundo, Higinio ; Ibañez, Ramón ; Mantella, Antonia ; Bartalesi, Filippo ; Tolari, Francesco ; Bartoloni, Alessandro
• Description:
  We determined the seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in persons in 2 rural communities in southeastern Bolivia and the presence of HEV in human and swine fecal samples. HEV seroprevalence was 6.3%, and HEV genotype 3 strains with high sequence homology were detected.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Aged Aged, 80 And Over Animals Antibodies, Viral Child Child, Preschool Feces Genotype Hepatitis E Hepatitis E Virus Humans Infant Middle Aged Phylogeny RNA, Viral Rural Population Sequence Analysis, DNA Seroepidemiologic Studies Swine Swine Diseases Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 17(8):1488-1490.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Dispatch
• Place as Subject:
  Bolivia
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3f4107a9ad96a4bc21c4c6f15d56e1d6370fe58afbc22ca7c6c979fdd9600c2e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/24179/cdc_24179_DS1.pdf
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