Epidemiological screening for hepatitis E virus in bile specimens from livestock in northwest China

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 814-816

  Shao, Zhong Jun ^a,b   Li, Jing Hua ^c   Zheng, Ying Jie ^b   Zhang, Jing Xia ^a   Ma, Yong Hong ^d   Ma, Wen Tao ^d   Jiang, Qing Wu ^b   Dang, Rong Li ^d  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHENZHEN CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE; CATTLE; CHINA; DOG; GOAT; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; LIVESTOCK; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BILE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHINA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 62749154649     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01309-08     Document Type: Article

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