Occurence of hepatitis viruses in wild-born non-human primates: A 3 year (1998-2001) epidemiological survey in Gabon

Journal of Medical Primatology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 307-314

  Makuwa, Maria ^a   Souquiere S ^a   Telfer, P ^a,b   Leroy, E ^a   Bourry, O ^a   Rouquet, P ^a   Clifford, S ^a   Wickings, E J ^a   Roques, P ^a   Simon, F ^c  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HÔPITAL CHARLES NICOLLE   (France)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Gorillas; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Non invasive DNA sampling

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CHIMPANZEE; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FECES ANALYSIS; GABON; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GORILLA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HUMAN; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATE DISEASE; VIROLOGY;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; GABON; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMATE DISEASES; PRIMATES;

EID: 0348156084     PISSN: 00472565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1600-0684.2003.00042.x     Document Type: Article

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