New findings regarding the epidemic history and population dynamics of Japan-indigenous genotype 3 hepatitis E virus inferred by molecular evolution

Liver International

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 675-688

  Nakano, Tatsunori ^a   Takahashi, Kazuaki ^b   Pybus, Oliver G ^c   Hashimoto, Naoaki ^d   Kato, Hideaki ^e   Okano, Hiroshi ^f   Kobayashi, Makoto ^g   Fujita, Naoki ^h   Shiraki, Katsuya ^h   Takei, Yoshiyuki ^h   Ayada, Minoru ⁱ   Arai, Masahiro ^b   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^j   Mishiro, Shunji ^b  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shinagawa ku   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d TOKYO TEISHIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^f SUZUKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g Yokkaichi Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^h MIE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁱ Masuko Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^j JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Bayesian skyline plot; Coalescent analysis; Epidemic history; Genotype 3; Hepatitis E virus; Japan; Large race pig; Large scale pig breeding; Phylogenetic tree analysis; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; VIRAL GENETICS; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; COLON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIVER; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUS SCROFA; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84858278871     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2011.02728.x     Document Type: Article

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