Hepatitis E virus genotype 3 strains in domestic pigs, Cameroon

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 666-668

  de Paula, Vanessa S ^a,b   Wiele, Matthias ^b   Mbunkah, Afegenwi H ^c   Daniel, Achukwi M ^d   Kingsley, Manchang T ^d   Schmidt Chanasit, Jonas ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^d INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD POISONING; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; VIRUS STRAIN;

CAMEROON; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEV; PIGS; SUBTYPE; VIRUSES;

ANIMALS; CAMEROON; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER; MALE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84875347693     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1904.121634     Document Type: Letter

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