Hepatitis e virus in the western world-a pork-related zoonosis

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 600-604

  Christou, L ^a   Kosmidou, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E virus; Pig related infections; Zoonotic transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FOOD POISONING; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84878923222     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12214     Document Type: Review

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