Analysis of the helicase gene of Korean swine hepatitis E virus isolates and trends in viral infection

Archives of Virology

Volumn 154, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1361-1364

  Lee, Won Jung ^a   Kang, Mi Lan ^a   Cha, Seung Bin ^a   Park, Bong Kyun ^a   Choi, In Soo ^b   Yoo, Han Sang ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SUIDAE; SWINE HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; RNA HELICASE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KOREA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; VIROLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; KOREA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA HELICASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 70349561422     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-009-0447-0     Document Type: Article

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