Hepatitis E virus in wild boar in the central Northern part of Italy

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 217-222

  Martinelli, N ^a   Pavoni, E ^a   Filogari, D ^b   Ferrari, N ^a   Chiari, M ^a   Canelli, E ^a   Lombardi, G ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

^b Parco Naturale Regionale Migliarino San Rossore Massaciuccoli   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E virus; Seroprevalence; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SUS SCROFA;

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; GENETICS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; ITALY; MEAT; PIG; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE DISEASES; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; ITALY; LINEAR MODELS; MEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84923644980     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12118     Document Type: Article

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