Detection and Characterization of Hepatitis E Virus in Domestic Pigs of Different Ages in Portugal

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 477-481

  Berto, A ^a   Mesquita, J R ^b,c   Hakze van der Honing, R ^a   Nascimento, M S J ^c   van der Poel, W H M ^a,d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF VISEU   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Faeces; Farms; Hepatitis E Virus; Pigs; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOMESTIC PIG; FARM ANIMAL; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE ROOT; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOW (SWINE); VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 84866756951     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2012.01488.x     Document Type: Article

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