Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis e virus in humans, pigs and wild boars in Sweden

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 361-371

  Widen F ^a,d   Sundqvist, L ^b   Matyi Toth, A ^a   Metreveli, G ^a   Belak S ^a   Hallgren, G ^c   Norder, H ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c Statens Veterinrmedicinska Anstalt   (Sweden)

^d Department of Parasitology (SWEPAR)   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E; virology; zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; SWINE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WILD ANIMAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; SWINE DISEASE; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS RNA;

AGED; ANIMALS; BLOOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUS SCROFA; SWEDEN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 79952472933     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810001342     Document Type: Article

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