Rat hepatitis E virus (HEV) cross-species infection and transmission in pigs
K. K. Yadav, P. A. Boley, C. M. Lee, S. Khatiwada, K. Jung, T. Laocharoensuk, J. Hofstetter, R. Wood, J. Hanson, S. P. Kenney
This study investigates whether pigs can transmit rat HEV to other pigs, finding that an infectious clone of rat HEV replicates in vitro and infects pigs, which then transmit the virus to cohoused animals.
bioRxiv · Jul 6, 2023Microbiology