2006/08/22 by Stuart D. Blacksell, Khin Saw Aye Myint, Syseng Khounsy +6 · 1 citation
Medicine · Veterinary · #Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology #Veterinary medicine and infectious diseases #Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
paper · doi:10.1016/j.trstmh.2006.05.003
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We report a high seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in pigs in the Lao PDR. HEV seroprevalence was 51.2% (300/586) amongst abattoir pigs and 15.3% (46/301) amongst village pigs. The age distribution suggested previous in-village HEV pig infections. These findings suggest a zoonotic risk associated with village-based smallholder pig farming.