Molecular Investigation on the Presence of Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) in Wild Game in North-Western Italy

Food and Environmental Virology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 206-212

  Serracca, Laura ^a   Battistini, Roberta ^a   Rossini, Irene ^a   Mignone, Walter ^a   Peletto, Simone ^a   Boin, Claudia ^a   Pistone, Giancarlo ^a   Ercolini, Riccardo ^b   Ercolini, Carlo ^a  

^a LIGURIA E VALLE D AOSTA   (Italy)

^b Veterinary Freelancer   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coypu; European hare; HEV; Real time RT PCR; Roe deer; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; ITALY; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; LEPUS EUROPEAUS; MALE; MYOCASTOR COYPUS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROE DEER; SPECIES; VIRUS DETECTION; WILD ANIMAL; WILD BOAR; ANIMAL; DEER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HARE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; RODENT; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; MYOCASTOR COYPUS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DEER; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HARES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; RODENTIA; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; VIRAL PROTEINS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84938750003     PISSN: 18670334     EISSN: 18670342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12560-015-9201-9     Document Type: Article

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