Suggestions for the diagnosis and elimination of hepatitis e virus in pigs used for xenotransplantation

Xenotransplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 188-192

  Busby, Stacey Ann ^a   Crossan, Claire ^a   Godwin, Jon ^a   Petersen, Bjoern ^b   Galli, Cesare ^c,d   Cozzi, Emanuele ^e   Takeuchi, Yasu ^f   Scobie, Linda ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c Laboratory of Reproductive Technologies   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hepatitis E virus; infection; pigs; xenotransplantation; zoonosis

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRAL CLEARANCE; VIREMIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEANING; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; INFECTION; PIGS; XENOTRANSPLANTATION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HETEROGRAFTS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84878307302     PISSN: 0908665X     EISSN: 13993089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/xen.12038     Document Type: Article

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