Seroprevalence and molecular detection of hepatitis E virus in wild boar and red deer in The Netherlands

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 168, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 197-206

  Rutjes, S A ^a   Lodder Verschoor, F ^a   Lodder, W J ^a   van der Giessen, J ^a   Reesink, H ^b   Bouwknegt, M ^a   de Roda Husman, A M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Double antigen sandwich ELISA; Hepatitis E virus; Real time RT PCR; Red deer; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DOUBLE ANTIBODY SANDWICH ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED DEER; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SWINE; VIRUS DETECTION; WILD BOAR; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BOVIDS; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETICS; HEPATITIS E; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CENTROPOGON SURINAMENSIS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA SCROFA;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NETHERLANDS; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; RUMINANTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SUS SCROFA; VIROLOGY;

EID: 77955094060     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2010.05.014     Document Type: Article

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