Prevalence of Hepatitis E virus-specific antibodies in sera of German domestic pigs estimated by using different assays

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 187-191

  Baechlein, Christine ^a   Schielke, Anika ^b   Johne, Reimar ^b   Ulrich, Rainer G ^c   Baumgaertner, Wolfgang ^a   Grummer, Beatrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibody assays; Hepatitis E virus; Pigs

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PEPTIDE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC PIG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; STANDARDIZATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PEPTIDES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE;

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

EID: 77954818244     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.12.011     Document Type: Article

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