| Literature DB >> 20601505 |
Giuseppina La Rosa1, Manoochehr Pourshaban, Marcello Iaconelli, Valentina Spuri Vennarucci, Michele Muscillo.
Abstract
Human hepatitis E virus (HEV) is considered an emerging pathogen in industrialized countries. In Italy, the true burden of HEV infection is unknown. Molecular HEV screening of raw sewage samples from 11 wastewater treatment plants yielded 19 positives (16%; 18 genotype I, 1 genotype III) evenly distributed throughout Italy. Evidence that HEV could be establishing itself in our region is accumulating and may justify more active surveillance to monitor its spread.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20601505 PMCID: PMC2935059 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00336-10
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN: 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792