Molecular characterization of a novel hepatitis E virus (HEV) strain obtained from a wild boar in Japan that is highly divergent from the previously recognized HEV strains

Virus Research

Volumn 180, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-69

  Takahashi, Masaharu ^a   Nishizawa, Tsutomu ^a   Nagashima, Shigeo ^a   Jirintai, Suljid ^a   Kawakami, Manri ^b   Sonoda, Yoshihide ^c   Suzuki, Tadahiro ^d   Yamamoto, Shogo ^e   Shigemoto, Kazuhiro ^f   Ashida, Kozo ^g   Sato, Yukihiro ^h   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA SAISEIKAI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Nara Municipal Tahara Clinic   (Japan)

^d Tessei cho Clinic   (Japan)

^e Miyazaki Prefectural Institute for Public Health and Environment   (Japan)

^f Osaba Family Clinic   (Japan)

^g OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^h Kamiichi General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genotype; Hepatitis E virus; Phylogeny; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; NUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAT; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; FERRET; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; JAPAN; MONGOOSE; NEIGHBOR JOINING METHOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SWINE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS STRAIN; WILD BOAR;

GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; PHYLOGENY; WILD BOAR;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84892955288     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: 18727492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2013.12.014     Document Type: Article

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