Comparative pathogenesis in specific-pathogen-free chickens of two strains of avian hepatitis E virus recovered from a chicken with Hepatitis-Splenomegaly syndrome and from a clinically healthy chicken

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 139, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 253-261

  Billam, P ^a   LeRoith, T ^a   Pudupakam, R S ^a   Pierson, F W ^a   Duncan, R B ^a   Meng, X J ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian hepatitis E virus (avian HEV); Chicken; HEV; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; NONHUMAN; SEROCONVERSION; VIREMIA; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHICKENS; FECES; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, ANIMAL; HEPEVIRUS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POULTRY DISEASES; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; SWINE; VIREMIA; VIRGINIA;

AVES; AVIAN HEPATITIS E VIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 70350014994     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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