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Risk Analysis and Occurrence of Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) in Domestic Swine in Northeast Brazil

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Anti-HEV antibodies were detected in animals from abattoir and in farms from northeast Brazil. Our results suggest that HEV is highly disseminated in the swine population and might present a great risk to animal handlers and for consumption of raw or undercooked meat and meat products in northeast Brazil.

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EF Oliveira-Filho is suported by FACEPE (Fundação de Amparo a Ciência e Tecnologia de Pernambuco) and CNPq (Brazilian Nacional Council for Scientific and Technological Development). KGS Lopes was supported by a CNPq MSc scholarship and is currently recipient of a PhD scholarship from the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES).

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  1. Edmilson F. de Oliveira-Filho, Kennya G. S. Lopes have contributed equally to this study.

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  1. Department of Virology, Aggeu Magalhães Research Center, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Av. Professor Moraes Rego s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, 50670-420, Brazil

    Edmilson F. de Oliveira-Filho, Kennya G. S. Lopes & Laura H. V. G. Gil

  2. Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE), Av. Professor Moraes Rego s/n, Recife, PE, CEP 50.670-420, Brazil

    Deivson S. Cunha, Clara N. Barbosa, Daniel F. Brandespim & José Wilton Pinheiro Junior

  3. Embrapa Suínos e Aves, BR 153, Km 110, Caixa Postal 21, Concórdia, SC, 89700-000, Brazil

    Virginia S. Silva

  4. Department of Biochemistry, Federal University of Pernambuco, Av. Professor Moraes Rego s/n, Recife, PE, CEP 50.670-420, Brazil

    Giovani R. Bertani

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de Oliveira-Filho, E.F., Lopes, K.G.S., Cunha, D.S. et al. Risk Analysis and Occurrence of Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) in Domestic Swine in Northeast Brazil. Food Environ Virol 9, 256–259 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12560-017-9292-6

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