Article
Genetic and experimental evidence for cross-species infection by swine hepatitis E virus.
Journal of virology - 1 Dec 1998
Meng X J, Halbur P G, Shapiro M S, Govindarajan S, Bruna J D, Mushahwar I K, Purcell R H, Emerson S U
Abstract excerpt
Prior to the recent discovery of the swine hepatitis E virus (swine HEV) in pigs from the midwestern United States, HEV was not considered endemic to this country. Since swine HEV is antigenically and genetically related to human strains of HEV, it was important to characterize this new virus further. The infectivity titer of a pool of swine HEV in pigs was determined in order to prepare a standardized reagent...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
