Hepatitis E Virus in Farmed Rabbits, Wild Rabbits and Petting Farm Rabbits in the Netherlands
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2016
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Burt, S.A.
Veltman, Jorg
Hakze-van der Honing, Renate
Schmitt, Heike
van der Poel, Wim H.M.
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Abstract
Rabbits have been suggested as a zoonotic source of Hepatitis E virus. Phylogenetic analysis of HEV isolates from farmed, wild and pet rabbits in the Netherlands (23, 0, and 60 % respectively) showed them to be grouped amongst published rabbit HEV sequences and distinct from most human isolates. Dutch rabbits are unlikely to be a zoonotic source.
Keywords
hepatitis E virus, rabbits, HEV, Zoonosis, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
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Burt, S A, Veltman, J, Hakze-van der Honing, R, Schmitt, H & van der Poel, W H M 2016, 'Hepatitis E Virus in Farmed Rabbits, Wild Rabbits and Petting Farm Rabbits in the Netherlands', Food and Environmental Virology, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 227–229. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12560-016-9239-3