A new group of hepadnaviruses naturally infecting Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus)

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 7860-7865

  Warren, Kristin S ^a   Heeney, Jonathan L ^b   Swan, Ralph A ^a   Heriyanto, ^c   Verschoor, Ernst J ^b  

^a Wanariset Orang utan R   (Indonesia)

^b BIOMEDICAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Animal Quarantine ^*  (Indonesia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPADNAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORANG UTAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032837334     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.9.7860-7865.1999     Document Type: Article

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