Generation and infectivity titration of an infectious stock of avian hepatitis E virus (HEV) in chickens and cross-species infection of turkeys with avian HEV

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2658-2662

  Sun, Z F ^a   Larsen, C T ^a   Huang, F F ^a   Billam, P ^a   Pierson, F W ^a   Toth, T E ^a   Meng, X J ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SPLENOMEGALY; TURKEY (BIRD); VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, ANIMAL; POULTRY DISEASES; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TURKEYS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; AVIAN HEPATITIS E VIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 2942558831     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.6.2658-2662.2004     Document Type: Article

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