Phylogeny and spatiotemporal dynamics of hepatitis E virus infections in wild boar and deer from six areas of Germany during 2013–2017
The hepatitis E virus (HEV) can cause acute and chronic hepatitis in humans. Infections with the zoonotic HEV genotype 3, which can be transmitted from infected wild boar and deer to humans, are increasingly detected in Europe. To investigate the spatiotemporal HEV infection dynamics in wild animal populations, a study involving 3.572 samples of wild boar and three deer species from six different geographic areas in Germany over a 4-year period was conducted.
The results are published in the journal "Transboundary and Emerging Diseases".
Phylogeny and spatiotemporal dynamics of hepatitis E virus infections in wild boar and deer from six areas of Germany during 2013–2017
Schotte, U., Martin, A., Brogden, S., Schilling-Loeffler, K., Schemmerer, M., Anheyer-Behmenburg, H. E., Szabo, K., Müller-Graf, C.,Wenzel, J. J., Kehrenberg, C., Binder, A., Klein, G., & Johne, R.
27 March 2022
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 1–14.
https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.14533