Hepatitis E virus genotype 3 diversity, France

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 110-114

  Legrand Abravanel, Florence ^a,b   Mansuy, Jean Michel ^b   Dubois, Martine ^a,b   Kamar, Nassim ^b   Peron, Jean Marie ^b   Rostaing, Lionel ^a,b   Izopet, Jacques ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FRANCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SWINE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; EUROPE; FRANCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 58849117696     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1501.080296     Document Type: Article

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