Identification of Hepatitis E Virus in the Feces of Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes)
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area and Sample Collection
2.2. PCR Reaction and Sequencing
2.3. Phylogenetic Analysis
2.4. Diet Composition Analysis
3. Results
3.1. PCR Reaction and Sequencing
3.2. Phylogenetic Analysis
3.3. Diet Composition
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Lanszki, Z.; Kurucz, K.; Zeghbib, S.; Kemenesi, G.; Lanszki, J.; Jakab, F. Identification of Hepatitis E Virus in the Feces of Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes). Animals 2020, 10, 1841. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10101841
Lanszki Z, Kurucz K, Zeghbib S, Kemenesi G, Lanszki J, Jakab F. Identification of Hepatitis E Virus in the Feces of Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes). Animals. 2020; 10(10):1841. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10101841
Chicago/Turabian StyleLanszki, Zsófia, Kornélia Kurucz, Safia Zeghbib, Gábor Kemenesi, József Lanszki, and Ferenc Jakab. 2020. "Identification of Hepatitis E Virus in the Feces of Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes)" Animals 10, no. 10: 1841. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10101841