Hepatitis E virus in pork liver sausage, France

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 264-266

  Berto, Alessandra ^a,b   Grierson, Sylvia ^a   Hakze van der Honing, Renate ^b   Martelli, Francesca ^a   Johne, Reimar ^c   Reetz, Jochen ^c   Ulrich, Rainer G ^d   Pavio, Nicole ^e   van der Poel, Wim H M ^b,f   Banks, Malcolm ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^e FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCE; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MEAT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PORK; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS VIABILITY;

EID: 84930472299     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1902.121255     Document Type: Article

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