High prevalence of rat hepatitis E virus in wild rats in China

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 165, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 275-280

  Li, Wei ^a   Guan, Dawei ^a   Su, Juan ^a   Takeda, Naokazu ^b   Wakita, Takaji ^c   Li, Tian Cheng ^c   Ke, Chang Wen ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genotype; Hepatitis E virus; Rat HEV; Wild rat

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BANDICOTA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RURAL AREA; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN;

BANDICOTA INDICA; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; RATTUS; RATTUS FLAVIPECTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RATTUS RATTOIDES; RATTUS RATTUS;

ANIMALS; CHINA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PHYLOGENY; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; RODENT DISEASES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84893010414     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.03.017     Document Type: Article

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