Analysis of Avian Hepatitis E virus from chickens, China

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1469-1472

  Zhao, Qin ^a   Zhou, En Min ^a,b   Dong, Shi Wei ^a   Qiu, Hong Kai ^a   Zhang, Lu ^a   Hu, Shou Bin ^a   Zhao, Fei Fei ^a   Jiang, Shi Jin ^a   Sun, Ya Ni ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; CHINA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, ANIMAL; HEPEVIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY DISEASES; RNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 77956028800     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1609.100626     Document Type: Article

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