Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety Aspects of Hepatitis E Virus (HEV)
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Reinefjord, Ruby
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In the year of 1978, a rampant epidemic ploughed through Kashmir Valley in India leaving 52,000 people suffering from severe icteric hepatitis and causing the death of another 1,700 inhabitants. Up to this point, Hepatitis virus A and B were the only recognised pathogens to cause similar symptoms.