Detection and genomic characterization of hepatitis E virus genotype 3 from pigs in Ghana, Africa

• Main Authors: Philip El-Duah (Author), Dickson Dei (Author), Tabea Binger (Author), Augustina Sylverken (Author), Robert Wollny (Author), William Tasiame (Author), Samuel Oppong (Author), Yaw Adu-Sarkodie (Author), Benjamin Emikpe (Author), Raphael Folitse (Author), Jan Felix Drexler (Author), Richard Phillips (Author), Christian Drosten (Author), Victor Max Corman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a major cause of human hepatitis worldwide. Zoonotic genotypes of the virus have been found in diverse animal species with pigs playing a major role. Putative risk of zoonotic infection from livestock particularly swine in Sub-Saharan Africa including G...