Swine as a principal reservoir of hepatitis E virus that infects humans in Eastern China

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 193, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1643-1649

  Zheng, Yingjie ^a   Ge, Shengxiang ^b   Zhang, Jun ^b   Guo, Qingshun ^b   Ng, Mun Hon ^b   Wang, Fadi ^c   Xia, Ningshao ^b   Jiang, Qingwu ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMALS; CHINA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FECES; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 33744811655     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/504293     Document Type: Article

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