Zoonotic and foodborne transmission of hepatitis e virus

Seminars in Liver Disease

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-49

  Meng, Xiang Jin ^a  

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

Author keywords

animal reservoirs; foodborne transmission; hepatitis E virus; HEV; zoonosis; zoonotic transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAT; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CARNIVORA; CATTLE; CHICKEN; DEER; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC PIG; FECES CULTURE; FERRET; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HYGIENE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MEAT; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; SHEEP; SHELLFISH; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WILD BOAR; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84875988135     PISSN: 02728087     EISSN: 10988971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1338113     Document Type: Article

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