Hepatitis E virus seroprevalence of domestic pigs in Germany determined by a novel in-house and two reference ELISAs

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 190, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 11-16

  Dremsek, Paul ^a   Joel, Sebastian ^b   Baechlein, Christine ^c   Pavio, Nicole ^d   Schielke, Anika ^e,h   Ziller, Mario ^a   Dürrwald, Ralf ^f   Renner, Christiane ^g   Groschup, Martin H ^a   Johne, Reimar ^e   Krumbholz, Andi ^b,i   Ulrich, Rainer G ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^d ANSES   (France)

^e FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^f IDT Biologika GmbH   (Germany)

^g Stellvertretender Landestierschutzbeauftragter   (Germany)

^h ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Domestic pigs; ELISA; Germany; Hepatitis E virus; Recombinant antigen; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOMESTIC PIG; DOUBLE ANTIGEN SANDWICH ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GERMANY; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS ELISA KIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GERMANY; HEPATITIS E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIROLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; MIRIDAE; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 84876474357     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: 18790984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2013.03.010     Document Type: Article

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