Short communication: detection and molecular characterization of hepatitis E virus in domestic animals of São Tomé and Príncipe

• Authors: Mesquita JR, Istrate C, Santos-Ferreira NL, Ferreira AS, Abreu-Silva J, Veiga J, van der Poel WHM, Nascimento MSJ
• Publication Year: 2019
• Journal: Tropical Animal Health and Production
• Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/30178438/

As in most of the African continent, the status of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in domestic animals in São Tomé and Príncipe, an archipelago off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa, is also completely unknown. In the present study, we investigated the presence of HEV among domestic animals in São Tomé and Príncipe. […]
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