Hepatitis E Virus Transmitted in Urine and Meat
THE NETHERLANDS - From studying hepatitis E infection in pigs after contact-infection and intravenous inoculation, Martijn Bouwknegt from National Institute for Public Health and the Environment and co-workers concluded that the virus can be transmitted to other pigs and humans in meat and urine, as well as the accepted faecal route.
8 April 2009
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