Increased hepatitis E virus prevalence on Dutch pig farms from 33 to 55% by using appropriate internal quality controls for RT-PCR

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 112-116

  Rutjes, Saskia A ^a   Lodder, Willemijn J ^a   Bouwknegt, Martijn ^a   de Roda Husman, Ana Maria ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Genotype 3; Hepatitis E virus; Pigs; Prevalence; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIG FARMING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NETHERLANDS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 34249276395     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2007.01.030     Document Type: Article

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