Hepatitis E virus infection in wild mongooses of Okinawa, Japan: Demonstration of anti-HEV antibodies and a full-genome nucleotide sequence

Hepatology Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 137-140

  Nakamura, Masaji ^a   Takahashi, Kazuaki ^b   Taira, Katsuya ^c   Taira, Masakatsu ^a   Ohno, Atsushi ^c   Sakugawa, Hiroshi ^d   Arai, Masahiro ^b   Mishiro, Shunji ^b  

^a Department of Health and Welfare   (Japan)

^b Shinagawa ku   (Japan)

^c OKINAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E virus (HEV); Interspecies transmission; Mongoose; Single stranded RNA virus; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33644612054     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hepres.2005.10.010     Document Type: Article

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