Hepatitis e virus genotype 4 in a pig farm, Italy, 2013

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 529-533

  Monne, I ^a   Ceglie, L ^a   Di Martino, G ^a   Natale, A ^a   Zamprogna, S ^a   Morreale, A ^a   Rampazzo, E ^a   Cattoli, G ^a   Bonfanti, L ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genotype 4; hepatitis E; Italy; pig farm

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS GENOTYPE 3; HEPATITIS E VIRUS GENOTYPE 4; ITALY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PIG FARMING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SWINE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; SWINE DISEASES; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; ITALY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84921436789     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268814001150     Document Type: Article

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