New hepatitis e virus genotype in bactrian camels, Xinjiang, China, 2013

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 2219-2221

  Woo, Patrick C Y ^a   Lau, Susanna K P ^a   Teng, Jade L L ^a   Cao, Kai Yuan ^b   Wernery, Ulrich ^c   Schountz, Tony ^d   Chiu, Tsz Ho ^a   Tsang, Alan K L ^a   Wong, Po Chun ^a   Wong, Emily Y M ^a   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Arab Emirates)

^d Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CAMEL; CHINA; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; CAMELUS; CHINA; GENES, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84995931642     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2212.160979     Document Type: Letter

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