Complete genome sequence of hepatitis E virus from rabbits in the United States

Journal of Virology

Volumn 86, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 13124-13125

  Cossaboom, Caitlin M ^a   Córdoba, Laura ^a   Cao, Dianjun ^a   Ni, Yan Yan ^a   Meng, Xiang Jin ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RABBIT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; FECES; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHYLOGENY; RABBITS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRGINIA;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPEVIRIDAE; MUSTELA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RNA VIRUSES; SUIDAE;

EID: 84869232670     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02414-12     Document Type: Note

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