Prevalence and transmission of hepatitis e virus in domestic swine populations in different European countries

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Berto, Alessandra ^a,b   Backer, Jantien A ^a   Mesquita, Joao R ^c,d   Nascimento, Maria Sj ^d   Banks, Malcolm ^b   Martelli, Francesca ^b   Ostanello, Fabio ^e   Angeloni, Giorgia ^f   Di Bartolo, Ilaria ^f   Ruggeri, Franco M ^f   Vasickova, Petra ^h   Diez Valcarce, Marta ^g   Hernandez, Marta ^g   Rodriguez Lazaro, David ^g   Van Der Poel, Wim Hm ^a,i  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF VISEU   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^g INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AGRARIO DE CASTILLA Y LEÓN   (Spain)

^h VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European countries; Foodborne disease; Foodchain; Hepatitis E virus; Modeling; PCR; Pork; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

VIRUS RNA;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EUROPE; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; VIROLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EUROPE; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84862209541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-190     Document Type: Article

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