Hepatitis E virus infection among animals and humans in Xinjiang, China: Possibility of swine to human transmission of sporadic hepatitis E in an endemic area

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 961-966

  Fu, Hongwei ^a   Li, Lingjun ^a   Zhu, Yonghong ^a   Wang, Ling ^a   Geng, Jiabao ^a   Chang, Yibin ^a   Xue, Cheng ^b   Du, Gang ^c   Li, Yaning ^c   Zhuang, Hui ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b People's Hospital of Qiemo County   (China)

^c Central Hospital of Kelamayi   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANURA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FISHES; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; RODENTIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 77952725409     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0689     Document Type: Article

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