Estimation of hepatitis E virus (HEV) pig seroprevalence using ELISA and Western blot and comparison between human and pig HEV sequences in Belgium

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 172, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 407-414

  Thiry, Damien ^a   Mauroy, Axel ^a   Saegerman, Claude ^a   Thomas, Isabelle ^b   Wautier, Magali ^b   Miry, Cora ^c   Czaplicki, Guy ^d   Berkvens, Dirk ^e   Praet, Nicolas ^e   van der Poel, Wim ^f   Cariolet, Roland ^g   Brochier, Bernard ^b   Thiry, Etienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c ANIMAL HEALTH CARE FLANDERS   (Belgium)

^d Department of Animal Health Regional Agency for Animal Health and Identification   (Belgium)

^e INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g Viral Genetics and Bio security Unit Ploufragan Plouzané Laboratory Anses   (France)

Author keywords

Belgium; Hepatitis E virus; Phylogeny; Prevalence; Swine; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS GENOTYPE 3F; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SUIDAE;

BELGIUM; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SWINE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84904753944     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.06.004     Document Type: Article

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