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| Vasconcelos,J.; Soliman,M.C.; Staggemeier,R.; Heinzelmann,L.; Weidlich,L.; Cimirro,R.; Esteves,P.A.; Silva,A.D.; Spilki,F.R.. |
| Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is highly disseminated among swine herds worldwide. HEV is also a threat to public health, since particularly genotypes 3 and 4 may cause acute hepatitis in human beings. No previous studies were done on the occurrence of HEV in environmental samples in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. In the present study, reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was employed to detect the presence of HEV in swine feces and in effluents from slurry lagoons in farms located in the municipality of Teutônia, inside the area of swine husbandry in the state. Pooled fecal samples from the floor of pig barns from 9 wean-to-finish farms and liquid manure samples were collected from the slurry lagoons from 8 of these farms. From the pooled fecal... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Hepatitis E virus; Swine HEV; Slurry; Zoonosis. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352015000300777 |
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