Evidence that rodents are a reservoir of hepatitis E virus for humans in Nepal

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 4493-4498

  He, Junkun ^a   Innis, Bruce L ^a,e   Shrestha, Mrigendra P ^a   Clayson, Edward T ^b,f   Scott, Robert M ^a   Linthicum, Kenneth J ^b,g   Musser, Guy G ^c   Gigliotti, Scott C ^b   Binn, Leonard N ^a   Kuschner, Robert A ^a   Vaughn, David W ^a,d  

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

^b ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^d U S ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND MATERIEL COMMAND   (United States)

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^f Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIREMIA; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURIDAE; NEPAL; PHYLOGENY; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHREWS;

ANIMALIA; BANDICOTA BENGALENSIS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; MIRIDAE; MURIDAE; RATTUS RATTUS; RNA VIRUSES; RODENTIA; SORICIDAE; SUNCUS MURINUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 18744378554     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.12.4493-4498.2002     Document Type: Article

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