Seroepidemiology and molecular characterization of hepatitis E virus in Macaca mulatta from a village in Yunnan, China, where infection with this virus is endemic

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 745-749

  Huang, Fen ^a   Yu, Wenhai ^b   Hua, Xiuguo ^c   Jing, Shenrong ^a   Zeng, Weikun ^a   He, Zhanlong ^b  

^a KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E virus; Macaca mulatta; Molecular haracterization; Seroepidemiologic; Swine

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWINE DISEASE;

EID: 80053653415     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/kowsar.1735143X.730     Document Type: Article

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