First detection of genotype 3 hepatitis E virus RNA in river water in Cambodia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 955-957

  Kitajima, Masaaki ^a   Matsubara, Koichi ^a   Sour, Sethy ^b   Haramoto, Eiji ^a   Katayama, Hiroyuki ^a   Ohgaki, Shinichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF PHNOM PENH   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Environmental microbiology; Hepatitis E virus; Public health; Rivers; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

RIVER WATER; VIRUS RNA;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; WATER SAMPLING;

CAMBODIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

EID: 68349101335     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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