Serological and molecular investigation of swine hepatitis e virus in pigs raised in southern Italy

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2099-2102

  Costanzo, Nicola ^a   Sarno, Eleonora ^b   Peretti, Vincenzo ^c   Ciambrone, Lucia ^d   Casalinuovo, Francesco ^d   Santoro, Adriano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DEL MEZZOGIORNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; PIG; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ITALY; RNA, VIRAL; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84946593048     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: 19449097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-15-159     Document Type: Article

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