Maria Lucia Mandola

Rat Hepatitis E Virus ( RHEV ) in Mus musculus and Rattus norvegicus in Northwestern Italy

INTRODUCTION: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) represents a major public health concern. Beyond the main zoonotic genotypes HEV-3 and HEV-4, with pigs and wild boars recognized as the primary reservoirs of infection, a genetically distinct hepevirus of rodent origin (species Rocahepevirus...