HEV infection in swine from Eastern Brazilian Amazon: Evidence of co-infection by different subtypes

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 477-485

  De Souza, Alex Junior Souza ^a,e   Gomes Gouvêa, Michele Soares ^b   Soares, Manoel do Carmo Pereira ^a   Pinho, João Renato Rebello ^b   Malheiros, Andreza Pinheiro ^a   Carneiro, Liliane Almeida ^a   Dos Santos, Debora Regina Lopes ^c   Pereira, Washington Luiz Assunção ^d  

^a INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^e Faculdades Integradas do Tapajos   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Genotype 3; Hepatitis E virus (HEV); Pigs; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; LIVER; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS STRAIN; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAZIL; COINFECTION; FECES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; LIVER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPEVIRUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84864115833     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: 18781667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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