Longitudinal study of hepatitis E virus infection in Spanish farrow-to-finish swine herds

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-34

  Casas, Maribel ^a,b   Cortés, Raquel ^c   Pina, Sonia ^a,d   Peralta, Bibiana ^a   Allepuz, Alberto ^a,e   Cortey, Martí ^a   Casal, Jordi ^a,e   Martín, Marga ^a,e  

^a CENTRE DE RECERCA EN SANITAT ANIMAL CRESA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^c Cooperativa Plana de Vic ^*  (Spain)

^d IRTA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ELISA; HEV; Liver; Longitudinal study; RT PCR; Slaughter

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HERD; LIVER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NURSERY; PIGLET; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SERUM; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SPAIN; SWINE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BILE; FECES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LIVER; LIVESTOCK; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SPAIN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 79551685215     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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