Detection of hepatitis E virus (HEV) from porcine livers in Southeastern Germany and high sequence homology to human HEV isolates

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-54

  Wenzel, Jürgen J ^a   Preiß, Julia ^a   Schemmerer, Mathias ^a   Huber, Barbara ^a   Plentz, Annelie ^a   Jilg, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E virus; Phylogenetic analysis; Pig liver; Real time PCR; Zoonotic infection

Indexed keywords

LIVER EXTRACT; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GERMANY; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPEVIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SWINE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GERMANY; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SWINE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 79961126685     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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