A scoping review of the evidence for public health risks of three emerging potentially zoonotic viruses: Hepatitis E virus, norovirus, and rotavirus

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 61-79

  Wilhelm, Barbara ^a   Waddell, Lisa ^a,b   Greig, Judy ^b   Rajić, Andrijana ^a,c   Houde, Alain ^d   McEwen, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^d FOOD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hepatitis e virus; Knowledge synthesis; Norovirus; Rotavirus; Scoping review; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; NOROVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS; SUIDAE;

ANIMAL; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE CARRIER; GASTROENTERITIS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NOROVIRUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; GASTROENTERITIS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; NOROVIRUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84924764066     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2015.01.015     Document Type: Article

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