From barnyard to food table: The omnipresence of hepatitis E virus and risk for zoonotic infection and food safety

Virus Research

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-30

  Meng, Xiang Jin ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal reservoir; Cross species infection; Food safety; Hepatitis E virus (HEV); Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; VIRUS RNA;

CARNIVORA; CATTLE; CHICKEN; CONTAMINATED SHELLFISH; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIC; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MANURE; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; RAW MEAT; REVIEW; SHEEP; SWINE; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WATER CONTAMINATION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; FOOD; FOOD SAFETY; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CENTROPOGON SURINAMENSIS; CERVIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPEVIRIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OSTREIDAE; OVIS ARIES; RATTUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 79961194482     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: 18727492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2011.01.016     Document Type: Review

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