Identification of swine hepatitis E virus (HEV) and prevalence of anti-HEV antibodies in swine and human populations in Korea

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3602-3608

  Choi, In Soo ^a   Kwon, Hyuk Joon ^b   Shin, Na Ri ^a   Yoo, Han Sang ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Institute of Intron Biotechnology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; KOREA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; KOREA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; PRIMATES; RNA VIRUSES; SUS SCROFA; SWINE HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

EID: 0042023530     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.3602-3608.2003     Document Type: Article

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