Hepatitis E virus is prevalent in the pig population of Lao People's Democratic Republic and evidence exists for homogeneity with Chinese Genotype 4 human isolates

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1306-1311

  Conlan, James V ^a   Jarman, Richard G ^b   Vongxay, Khamphouth ^c   Chinnawirotpisan, Piyawan ^b   Melendrez, Melanie C ^b   Fenwick, Stanley ^a   Thompson, R C Andrew ^a   Blacksell, Stuart D ^a,d,e  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^c Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry   (Laos)

^d MAHIDOL OXFORD TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E virus; Lao PDR; RNA stabilising buffer; Swine; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; LAOS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STABILITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SWINE; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ANIMALS; FECES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; LAOS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 79960404031     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.04.022     Document Type: Article

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