Cross-species infection of hepatitis E virus in a zoo-like location, including birds

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 136, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1020-1026

  Zhang, W ^a   Shen, Q ^a   Mou, J ^a   Yang, Z B ^a   Yuan, C L ^a   Cui, L ^a   Zhu, J G ^a   Hua, X G ^a   Xu, C M ^b   Hu, J ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Wannan Wildlife First aid Centre   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; WILDLIFE; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHINA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FECES; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 47249083474     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026880700965X     Document Type: Article

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