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[Antibody detection and sequencing analysis of hepatitis E virus in human population, swine and chicken in Sichuan region in China].
Zhonghua shi yan he lin chuang bing du xue za zhi = Zhonghua shiyan he linchuang bingduxue zazhi = Chinese journal of experimental and clinical virology - 1 Dec 2008
Jiang Yong-zhen, Lu Jian, Zhang Li-ping, Tian Rui-guang, Liu Qing-lian, Bi Sheng-li
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the seroprevalence of HEV infection and genotype. METHODS: ELISA were used for detecting anti-HEV IgG of the serum samples, the nested reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-nPCR) was used for detecting HEV RNA in patient serum and swine bile samples. All samples were collected in 2005-2007 in some districts in Sichuan province. The primers used for genotyping were the ORF2 region of HEV genome....
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