First detection of hepatitis E virus in Central Argentina: Environmental and serological survey

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 334-339

  Martínez Wassaf, Maribel G ^a,b   Pisano, María B ^a,c   Barril, Patricia A ^c   Elbarcha, Osvaldo C ^a,b   Pinto, Marcelo A ^d   Mendes de Oliveira, Jaqueline ^d   DiGiusto, Pablo ^c   Nates, Silvia V ^c   Ré, Viviana E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b Department of Virology and Molecular Biology   (Argentina)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Argentina; Environmental surveillance; Hepatitis E virus; Molecular epidemiology; Seroprevalence; Subtyping

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; RIVER WATER; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; SEWAGE; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS GENOTYPE 3A; HEPATITIS E VIRUS GENOTYPE 3B; HEPATITIS E VIRUS GENOTYPE 3C; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEWAGE; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS DETECTION; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERUM; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SERUM; SEWAGE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908602321     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2014.08.016     Document Type: Article

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