Presence of hepatitis E virus in sewage in northern India: Frequency and seasonal pattern

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1827-1831

  Ippagunta, Sirish Kumar ^a   Naik, Sita ^a   Sharma, Bechan ^b   Aggarwal, Rakesh ^a,c  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Ecology of infection; Environment; Epidemiology; Hepatitis E virus; HEV; Sewage

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; SURFACE WATER; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEWAGE; SWINE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; INDIA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEASONS; SEWAGE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 35548929713     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21017     Document Type: Article

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