Article
[An investigation on hepatitis E virus infection status among livestock in Xi'an area].
Zhonghua liu xing bing xue za zhi = Zhonghua liuxingbingxue zazhi - 1 Feb 2008
Shao Zhong-Jun, Zheng Ying-Jie, Zhang Jing-Xia, Xiong Cheng-Long, Lu Yi-Han, Ma Wen-Tao, Xu De-Zhong, Jiang Qing-Wu
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To explore the carrier state of hepatitis E virus(HEV) in livestock in Xi'an area. METHODS: Bile samples from swine, canine, sheep and cow were collected from a local slaughtering house. Reverse transcriptase nested polymerase chain reaction (RT-nPCR) was employed to amplify the ORF2 region in HEV RNA genome. All positive samples were sequenced and compared with data from GenBank. Homology analysis was...
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