Avian hepatitis E virus identified in Russian chicken flocks exhibits high genetic divergence based on the ORF2 capsid gene

Avian Pathology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 459-463

  Sprygin, A V ^a   Nikonova, Z B ^a   Zinyakov, N G ^a  

^a Federal Centre for Animal Health (FGI ARRIAH)   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORF2 PROTEIN, HEPATITIS E VIRUS; PRIMER DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HEPATITIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEPEVIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; DNA PRIMERS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, ANIMAL; HEPEVIRUS; LIVER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY DISEASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; RNA, VIRAL; RUSSIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL PROTEINS;

AVES; AVIAN HEPATITIS E VIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; MIRIDAE; SUIDAE; SWINE HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

EID: 84867145839     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2012.711464     Document Type: Article

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