Assessment of cross-species transmission of hepatitis C virus-related non-primate hepacivirus in a population of humans at high risk of exposure

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2636-2642

  Pfaender, Stephanie ^a   Walter, Stephanie ^a   Todt, Daniel ^a   Behrendt, Patrick ^a   Doerrbecker, Juliane ^a   Wölk, Benno ^b,c   Engelmann, Michael ^a   Gravemann, Ute ^d   Seltsam, Axel ^d   Steinmann, Joerg ^e   Burbelo, Peter D ^f   Klawonn, Frank ^g,h   Feige, Karsten ⁱ   Pietschmann, Thomas ^a   Cavalleri, Jessika M V ⁱ   Steinmann, Eike ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INFECTION IMMUNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c LADR Medical Laboratory Dr Kramer and Colleagues ^*  (Germany)

^d Institute Springe   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^h OSTFALIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NON PRIMATE HEPACIVIRUS ANTIBODY; NON PRIMATE HEPACIVIRUS ANTIGEN; NON PRIMATE HEPACIVIRUS RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HORSE; HUMAN; NON PRIMATE HEPACIVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADULT; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEPATITIS C; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYLOGENY; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84941584790     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.000208     Document Type: Note

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