Reduced prevalence of genotype 3 HEV in Shanghai pig farms and hypothetical homeostasis of porcine HEV reservoir

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 184-189

  Li, Zhen ^a,c   Yu, Shuisheng ^a,c   Dong, Shijuan ^a,c   Zhu, Yumin ^a,c   Si, Fusheng ^a,b   Shen, Shiyuan ^a,c   Jiang, Zhongqi ^d   Yu, Ruisong ^a,c   Zou, Sixiang ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EDIBLE FUNGI   (China)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shanghai Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetics and Breeding   (China)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Genotypic prevalence; Hepatitis E virus (HEV); HEV genotype 3; Homeostasis; Porcine HEV reservoir

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; PREVALENCE; SANITATION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CHINA; FECES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 67349188906     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.12.013     Document Type: Article

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