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 ratti, genotype C1) (rat HEV, RHEV) has...