Characterization of a strain of infectious hepatitis E virus isolated from sewage in an area where hepatitis E is not endemic

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4485-4488

  Pina, Sonia ^a   Jofre, Joan ^a   Emerson, Suzanne U ^b   Purcell, Robert H ^b   Girones, Rosina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEPATITIS VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SEWAGE; SPAIN; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS ISOLATION;

DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; MACACA MULATTA; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0031765110     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.11.4485-4488.1998     Document Type: Article

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