Prevalence of antibody to hepatitis E virus among rodents in the United States

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 449-455

  Favorov, Michael O ^a,c,e   Kosoy, Michael Y ^b   Tsarev, Sergei A ^d   Childs, James E ^b   Margolis, Harold S ^a  

^a Hepatitis Branch   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^e M/S K72 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HEPATITIS E; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PREVALENCE; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034051738     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315273     Document Type: Article

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