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Possible zoonotic transmission of hepatitis E from pet pig to its owner

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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 13, Issue 7, Pages 1094-1096

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CENTER DISEASE CONTROL
DOI: 10.3201/eid1307.070063

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Hepatitis E is transmitted mainly by water or food, but in industrialized countries, all routes of transmission have not been identified. We describe possible zoonotic transmission of hepatitis E virus that involved direct contact between a pet pig and its owner.

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