Hepatitis E Virus Infection in European Brown Hares, Germany, 2007–2014

Hepatitis E Virus Infection in European Brown Hares, Germany, 2007–2014

Rabbit-associated hepatitis E viruses (HEVs) cause zoonotic infections. We investigated 2,389 hares in Germany during 2007–2014. Complete genome characterization of a hare-associated HEV strain revealed close genomic relatedness to rabbit-associated HEV strains. Although hare-specific HEV seropreval...

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Main Authors: Victor Max Corman, Laura Hilgensloh, Ulrich Voigt, Marco Marklewitz, Ursula Siebert, Christian Drosten, Jan Felix Drexler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Zoonoses
hepevirus
hepatitis E virus
Viruses
European brown hares
Rabbits
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/6/18-1618_article

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