Serological survey of hepatitis E virus infection in farmed and pet rabbits in Italy

Archives of Virology

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1343-1346

  Di Bartolo, Ilaria ^a   De Sabato, L ^a   Marata, A ^b   Martinelli, N ^c   Magistrali, C F ^d   Monini, M ^a   Ponterio, E ^a   Ostanello, F ^e   Ruggeri, F M ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna ^*  (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL UMBRIA E DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E virus; IgG; IgM; Rabbits; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; ITALY; MALE; RABBIT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; ITALY; MALE; RABBITS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 84957965367     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-016-2778-y     Document Type: Article

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