Acta Vet. Brno 2016, 85: 319-327

https://doi.org/10.2754/avb201685040319

Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus in Lithuanian domestic pigs and wildlife

Ugne Spancerniene1, Jurate Buitkuviene2, Juozas Grigas1, Ina Pampariene1, Algirdas Salomskas3, Ramune Cepuliene4, Judita Žymantienė1, Arunas Stankevicius1

1Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kaunas, Lithuania
2National Food and Veterinary Risk Assessment Institute, Vilnius, Lithuania
3Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Kaunas, Lithuania
4Vilnius University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Histology and Antropology, Vilnius, Lithuania

Received July 1, 2016
Accepted December 2, 2016

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