Hepatitis E virus genotypes 1 and 3 in wastewater samples in Tunisia

Archives of Virology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 183-189

  Beji Hamza A ^a   Hassine Zaafrane, M ^a   Khelifi Gharbi H ^a   Della Libera, S ^b   Iaconelli, M ^b   Muscillo, M ^b   Petricca, S ^b   Ciccaglione, A R ^b   Bruni, R ^b   Taffon, S ^b   Aouni, M ^a   La Rosa, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WASTE WATER;

CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUNISIA; VIROLOGY; WASTE WATER;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUNISIA; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84925371298     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: 14328798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-014-2251-8     Document Type: Article

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