Hepatitis E Virus in Farmed Rabbits, Wild Rabbits and Petting Farm Rabbits in the Netherlands
- Burt, Sara A.
- Veltman, Jorg
- Hakze-van der Honing, Renate
- Schmitt, Heike
- Poel, Wim H.M., van der
Publication date
January 2016
DOIAbstract
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.</p
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