Serologic and molecular survey of hepatitis E virus in German deer populations

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 106-113

  Neumann, Stephan ^a   Hackl, Sybille S ^a   Piepenschneider, Meike ^a   Vina Rodriguez, Ariel ^b   Dremsek, Paul ^b   Ulrich, Rainer G ^b   Groschup, Martin H ^b   Eiden, Martin ^b  

^a Institut   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deer; Hepatitis E; QRT PCR; Serology; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; DEER; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GENETICS; GERMANY; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; MALE; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DEER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIVER; MALE; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 84954039802     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2014-12-282     Document Type: Article

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