Genetic and experimental evidence for cross-species infection by swine hepatitis E virus

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 9714-9721

  Meng, Xiang Jin ^a   Halbur, Patrick G ^b   Shapiro, Max S ^c   Govindarajan, Sugantha ^d   Bruna, Jeremy D ^b   Mushahwar, Isa K ^e   Purcell, Robert H ^a   Emerson, Suzanne U ^a  

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

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BIOQUAL INC   (United States)

^d RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

^e ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; HEPATITIS VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 0031774154     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.12.9714-9721.1998     Document Type: Article

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