Investigating animal reservoirs for hepatitis E virus in Bangui, Central African Republic.
Marina Prisca de Marguerite Nombot-YazenguetAbdou Fatawou ModiyinjiVianney TricouAlexandre ManirakizaRichard NjouomNarcisse Patrice Joseph KomasPublished in: PloS one (2024)
This study confirms that pigs constitute an HEV reservoir, with genotype 3 being the major circulating strain. Further studies are needed to investigate other local reservoirs and to improve knowledge of the molecular epidemiology of HEV in CAR.
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