Estimation of hepatitis E virus transmission among pigs due to contact-exposure

Veterinary Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Bouwknegt, Martijn ^a,b   Frankena, Klaas ^b   Rutjes, Saskia A ^a   Wellenberg, Gerard J ^b,c   Husman, Ana Maria De Roda ^a   Poel, Wim H M Van Der ^b   Jong, Mart C M De ^b  

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

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contact exposure; Hepatitis E virus; Pigs; Reproduction ratio; Transmission

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FECES; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; INOCULATION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SWINE DISEASE; VIRUS EXCRETION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEPATITIS E; SWINE; TIME; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SUIDAE;

ANIMALS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 49149098061     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2008017     Document Type: Article

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