Serological evidence for hepatitis E virus infection in laboratory monkeys and pigs in animal facilities in Japan

Experimental Animals

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 367-376

  Yamamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Li, Tian Cheng ^b   Koshimoto, Chihiro ^c   Ito, Kaori ^a   Kita, Masakazu ^d   Miyashita, Nobumoto ^e   Arikawa, Jiro ^f   Yagami, Kenichi ^g   Asano, Masahide ^h   Tezuka, Hideo ⁱ   Suzuki, Noboru ^j   Kurosawa, Tsutomu ^k   Shibahara, Toshiyuki ^l   Furuya, Masato ^m   Mohri, Shirou ⁿ   Sato, Hiroshi ^o   Ohsawa, Kazutaka ^o   Ibuki, Kentaro ^p   Takeda, Naokazu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^d KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^h KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^j KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^l TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁿ KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^o NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^p KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Anti HEV antibodies; Experimental animals; Hepatitis E virus; Monkeys; Pigs

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; MINIPIG; MONKEY DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SWINE DISEASE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HAPLORHINI; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SUIDAE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HAPLORHINI; HEPATITIS E; JAPAN; MONKEY DISEASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; SWINE, MINIATURE;

EID: 51449095231     PISSN: 13411357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.57.367     Document Type: Article

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