High prevalence of hepatitis E virus in Swedish moose - A phylogenetic characterization and comparison of the virus from different regions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Lin, Jay ^a,b   Karlsson, Marie ^c   Olofson, Ann Sophie ^a   Belák, Sándor ^a,b   Malmsten, Jonas ^a,b   Dalin, Anne Marie ^b   Widén, Frederik ^a,b   Norder, Heléne ^c  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY;

AGE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MALE; MOOSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; SWEDEN; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DEER; FECES; GENETICS; PROCEDURES; SEROLOGY; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSES;

ALCES ALCES; ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPEVIRIDAE; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMALS; DEER; FECES; FEMALE; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SWEDEN; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84929380264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122102     Document Type: Article

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