Hepatitis E virus in liver and bile samples from slaughtered pigs of Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 935-939

  Gardinali, Noemi Rovaris ^a   Barry, Aline Fernandes ^a   Otonel, Rodrigo Alejandro Arellano ^a   Alfieri, Alice Fernandes ^a   Alfieri, Amauri Alcindo ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E virus; Slaughterhouse; Swine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BILE; BRAZIL; GENETICS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; VIROLOGY;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; BILE; BRAZIL; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; LIVER; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUS SCROFA;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84869189216     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000700016     Document Type: Article

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