Wildlife reservoir for hepatitis E Virus, Southwestern France

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1224-1226

  Lhomme, Sebastien ^a,b,c   Top, Sokunthea ^a,b   Bertagnoli, Stephane ^d,e   Dubois, Martine ^a,b,c   Guerin, Jean Luc ^d,e   Izopet, Jacques ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c CHU PURPAN   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE; DEER; DISEASE CARRIER; FRANCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIVER; MYOCASTOR COYPUS; NONHUMAN; PIG; RABBIT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RODENT; SEROPREVALENCE; WILD BOAR; ANIMAL; GENETICS; PREVALENCE; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; DEER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FRANCE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; LIVER; PREVALENCE; RABBITS; RNA, VIRAL; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84931439000     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2107.141909     Document Type: Article

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