Hepatitis E virus genotype 3 and sporadically also genotype 1 circulate in the population of Catalonia, Spain

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 664-673

  Clemente Casares, Pilar ^a,b   Rodriguez Manzano, Jesus ^a   Girones, Rosina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biosolids; Environmental contamination; Hepatitis E; Hepevirus; Sewage; Sludge

Indexed keywords

AUTOCHTHON; BIOSOLID; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFECTIVITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; VIRUS; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOSOLID; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SLUDGE; SPAIN; VIRUS STRAIN; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPEVIRUS;

EID: 71849087548     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2009.120     Document Type: Article

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