No evidence for zoonotic hepatitis E virus infection through dairy milk in Germany

Hepatology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 394-395

  Baechlein, Christine ^a,b   Becher, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF) Partner Site Hannover Braunschweig   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; MILK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; GERMANY; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; MILK; ZOONOSES;

EID: 85006056680     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.28863     Document Type: Letter

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