Hepatitis E virus genotype 3 in shellfi sh, United Kingdom

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2085-2087

  Crossan, Claire ^a   Baker, Paul J ^a   Craft, John ^a   Takeuchi, Yasu ^b   Dalton, Harry R ^c   Scobie, Linda ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LETTER; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OYSTER; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHELLFISH; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 84930476730     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1812.120924     Document Type: Letter

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