Evolutionary study of potentially zoonotic hepatitis E virus genotype 3 from swine in Northeast Brazil

Hepatitis E virus (HEV), an emerging virus associated with acute hepatic disease, leads to thousands of deaths worldwide. HEV has already been reported in Brazil; however, there is a lack of epidemiological and molecular information on the genetic variability, taxonomy, and evolution of HEV. It is t...

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Main Authors: Edmilson Ferreira de Oliveira-Filho, Debora RL dos Santos, Ricardo Durães-Carvalho, Adalúcia da Silva, Gustavo Barbosa de Lima, Antônio Fernando B Batista Filho, Lindomar J Pena, Laura HVG Gil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762019000100410&lng=en&tlng=en