Detection of Hepatitis E virus in samples of animal origin collected in Hungary

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 2-4, 2010, Pages 106-116

  Forgách, Petra ^a   Nowotny, Norbert ^b   Erdélyi, Károly ^c   Boncz, Attila ^d   Zentai, János ^e   Szucs, György ^f   Reuter, Gábor ^f   Bakonyi, Tamás ^a,b  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^d Zala County Agricultural Office Directorate of Food Chain Safety and Animal Health   (Hungary)

^e MAVAD Vecsés Game Meat Processing Ltd   (Hungary)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E virus (HEV); Phylogenetic analysis; RT PCR; Viral hepatitis; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; DOE (DEER); DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DOMESTIC PIG; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUNGARY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; WILD ANIMAL; WILD BOAR; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; RODENTIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA; UNGULATA;

EID: 77953120437     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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