Journal:
:hepatitis monthly
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carla montesano department of biology, university of rome tor vergata, rome, italy
marta giovanetti department of biology, university of rome tor vergata, rome, italy
marco ciotti laboratory of molecular virology, polyclinic tor vergata foundation, rome, italy
eleonora cella molecular epidemiology and microbial evolution (femem)/epidemiology unit, department of infectious, parasitic and immune-mediated diseases, institute superiore di sanita, rome, italy; department of public health and infectious diseases, sapienza university of rome, rome, italy
alessandra lo presti molecular epidemiology and microbial evolution (femem)/epidemiology unit, department of infectious, parasitic and immune-mediated diseases, institute superiore di sanita, rome, italy
alba grifoni proxagen ltd, sofia, bulgaria
conclusions this study provides support for the hypothesis that humans are probably infected after contact with swine sources. the findings emphasize the importance of checking the country of origin of swine and of improving sanitary control measures from the veterinary standpoint to prevent the spread of hev infection in italy. materials and methods a total of 327 hev sequences of swine and hu...