Analysis of the full-length genome of hepatitis E virus isolates obtained from farm pigs in Mongolia

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1128-1137

  Lorenzo, Felipe R ^a   Tsatsralt Od, Bira ^a   Ganbat, Sanjaa ^b   Takahashi, Masaharu ^a   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MONGOLIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Genotype; Hepatitis E virus; Mongolia; Swine; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; MONGOLIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PIG FARMING; SWINE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIREMIA; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, ANIMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONGOLIA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VIREMIA;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 34347328052     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20905     Document Type: Article

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