Potential risk of zoonotic transmission from young swine to human: Seroepidemiological and genetic characterization of hepatitis e virus in human and various animals in Beijing, China

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Geng, J ^a,b   Wang, L ^a   Wang, X ^a   Fu, H ^a   Bu, Q ^a   Liu, P ^a   Zhu, Y ^a   Wang, M ^b   Sui, Y ^b   Zhuang, H ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b The 81st Hospital of PLA   (China)

Author keywords

anti hepatitis E virus; genotype; hepatitis E virus; zoonotic transmission

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHICKEN; CHINA; COW; DOG; DONKEY; DUCK; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HORSE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SHEEP; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FECES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERUM; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 80052845509     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2011.01472.x     Document Type: Article

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