Complete genome sequence of the genotype 4 hepatitis E virus strain prevalent in swine in Jiangsu Province, China, reveals a close relationship with that from the human population in this area

Journal of Virology

Volumn 86, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 8334-8336

  Wang, Hua ^a   He, Yilin ^b   Shen, Quan ^a   Wang, Xiaochun ^a   Yang, Shixing ^c   Cui, Li ^d   Ren, Liping ^e   Sun, Guangming ^f   Hua, Xiuguo ^d   Shao, Shihe ^a   Zhang, Wen ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Taizhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e FUYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f The Fourth People's Hospital of Zhenjiang   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

CHINA; CROSS INFECTION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SWINE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84864393926     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01060-12     Document Type: Note

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