Hepatitis E: A curious zoonosis

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 13, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 7172-7183

  Pavio, Nicole ^a   Renou, Christophe ^b   Di Liberto, Gaetana ^a   Boutrouille, Annie ^a   Eloit, Marc ^a  

^a ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^b Unité D'hepato gastroenterologie   (France)

Author keywords

Animal reservoir; Cross species infection; Hepatitis E virus; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

HEPATITIS VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; VIRAL HEPATITIS VACCINES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 52049095028     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/3219     Document Type: Article

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