Characterization of hepatitis E virus from sporadic hepatitis cases and sewage samples from Vellore, south India

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 363-367

  Vivek, Rosario ^a   Zachariah, Uday G ^a   Ramachandran, Jeyamani ^a   Eapen, Chundamannil E ^a   Rajan, Deva P ^a   Kanga, Gagandeep ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

E virus; India; RT PCR; Sewage; Sporadic hepatitis E; Transmission

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DRINKING WATER; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; EXTRACTION; FECES ANALYSIS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE; SUMMER; TANK; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS STRAIN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; INDIA; RT PCR; SEWAGE; SPORADIC HEPATITIS E; TRANSMISSION;

BASE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; INDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, VIRAL; SEASONS; SEWAGE;

EID: 84882937890     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trt030     Document Type: Article

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