Vertical transmission of hepatitis C virus-like nonprimate hepacivirus in horses

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2540-2551

  Gather, Theresa ^a   Walter, Stephanie ^b   Todt, Daniel ^b   Pfaender, Stephanie ^b   Brown, Richard J P ^b   Postel, Alexander ^a   Becher, Paul ^a   Moritz, Andreas ^c   Hansmann, Florian ^a   Baumgaertner, Wolfgang ^a   Feige, Karsten ^a   Steinmann, Eike ^b   Cavalleri, Jessika M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF INFECTION IMMUNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Equine hepacivirus; Hepatitis C virus; Horse; Non primate hepacivirus; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; VIRAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOAL; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HORSE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MARE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THOROUGHBRED HORSE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HEPATITIS C; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 84991571464     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.000561     Document Type: Article

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