Natural and experimental hepatitis E virus genotype 3 - Infection in European wild boar is transmissible to domestic pigs

Veterinary Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Schlosser, Josephine ^a   Eiden, Martin ^a   Vina Rodriguez, Ariel ^a   Fast, Christine ^a   Dremsek, Paul ^a   Lange, Elke ^a   Ulrich, Rainer G ^a   Groschup, Martin H ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; BLOOD; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; METABOLISM; MINIPIG; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY FORMATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; SWINE, MINIATURE;

EID: 84928587876     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13567-014-0121-8     Document Type: Article

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