Tenacity of mammalian viruses in the gut of leeches fed with porcine blood

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 787-792

  Al Khleif, Ahmad ^a   Roth, Manfred ^b   Menge, Christian ^c   Heuser, Jörg ^a   Baljer, Georg ^a   Herbst, Werner ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Biebertaler Blutegelzucht GmbH   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BOCAVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUINE HERPES VIRUS; EQUINE VIRAL ARTERITIS VIRUS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LEECH; LEECHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESIVIRUS; VIRUS SURVIVAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ARTERITIS VIRUS, EQUINE; BLOOD; BOCAVIRUS; CALICIVIRUS, FELINE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HERPESVIRUS 1, EQUID; LEECHES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79957584270     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.027250-0     Document Type: Article

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