Hepatitis E - A new zoonotic disease in Germany?;Hepatitis E - Eine neue zoonose in Deutschland?

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 123, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 198-204

  Bächlein, Christine ^a   Grummer, Beatrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E virus; Pigs; Viral disease; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; PRIMATES; SUIDAE; SUS; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIMATE; PRIMATE DISEASE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TRAVEL; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEPATITIS E; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRIMATE DISEASES; PRIMATES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TRAVEL; ZOONOSES;

EID: 77954575646     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2376/0005-1366-123-198     Document Type: Article

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