Prevalence of Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) Infection in Wild Boars (sus scrofa leucomystax) and Pigs in Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-25

  Sakano, Chieko ^a   Morita, Yukio ^b   Shiono, Masataka ^a   Yokota, Yoko ^a   Mokudai, Toshie ^a   Sato Motoi, Yurie ^a   Noda, Akiyo ^a   Nobusawa, Toshio ^a   Sakaniwa, Hiroyuki ^c   Nagai, Akira ^b   Kabeya, Hidenori ^d   Maruyama, Soichi ^d   Yamamoto, Shigeki ^e   Sato, Hiroshi ^f   Kimura, Hirokazu ^f  

^a Gunma Prefectural Meat Inspection Laboratory   (Japan)

^b GUNMA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c Gunma Prefectural Governmental Office   (Japan)

^d NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E virus; Japan; Swine; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; GENETICS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; JAPAN; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE;

ANIMALS; GENES, VIRAL; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; JAPAN; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; SUS SCROFA; SWINE DISEASES;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 62149149935     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.71.21     Document Type: Article

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