Case Report Associated with Aspergillosis and Hepatitis e Virus Coinfection in Himalayan Griffons

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Li, Heng ^a   Zhu, Rining ^a   She, Ruiping ^a   Zhang, Chenglin ^b   Shi, Ruihan ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Du, Fang ^a   Wu, Qiaoxing ^a   Hu, Fengjiao ^a   Zhang, Yang ^a   Soomro, Majid Hussain ^a   Zheng, Changming ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Beijing Zoo   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; AUTOPSY; FUNGAL GENE; GRIFFONIA; HEART; HEART EDEMA; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY NECROSIS; LABORATORY; LIVER; LIVER NECROSIS; LUNG; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASE; CHINA; FALCONIFORMES; HEPEVIRUS; MICROBIOLOGY; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; BIRD DISEASES; CHINA; COINFECTION; FALCONIFORMES; HEPATITIS E; HEPEVIRUS;

EID: 84947483903     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/287315     Document Type: Article

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