Human and Porcine Hepatitis E Virus Strains, United Kingdom

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 953-955

  Banks, Malcolm ^a   Bendall, Richard ^b   Grierson, Sylvia ^a   Heath, Graham ^a   Mitchell, Jonathon ^c   Dalton, Harry ^b  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWINE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 2142705175     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1005.030908     Document Type: Article

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