Detection and molecular characterization of swine hepatitis E virus in North Carolina swine herds and their faecal wastes

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 344-357

  Kase, Julie A ^a   Correa, Maria T ^b   Sobsey, Mark D ^c  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease reservoirs; Faecal contamination; Hepatitis E virus; Public health; Water quality; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC RNA; GROUND WATER; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER; VIRUS RNA;

DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; HEALTH RISK; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PIG; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REAL TIME; VIRUS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FARM ANIMAL; FECES ANALYSIS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; LAGOON; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWINE; UNITED STATES; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; FECES; GENETICS; HEPATITIS E; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SWINE DISEASE; VIROLOGY;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SUIDAE; SWINE HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

ANIMALS; FECES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; ZOONOSES;

EID: 67651009615     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2009.237     Document Type: Article

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