Frequent transmission of hepatitis E virus among piglets in farms in Southern France

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1750-1759

  Kaba, Mamadou ^a,b   Davoust, Bernard ^c   Marié, Jean Lou ^c   Barthet, Marc ^d   Henry, Mireille ^a,b   Tamalet, Catherine ^a,b   Raoult, Didier ^a   Colson, Philippe ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Direction Regionale du Service de Sante des Armees de Toulon   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Autochthonous transmission; Epizootic transmission; France; Hepatitis E virus; Pigs; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; NUCLEOTIDE; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC PIG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PIGLET; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROLOGY; SERUM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BILE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FECES; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERUM; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 69949125137     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21553     Document Type: Article

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