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Heterogeneity and seroprevalence of a newly identified avian hepatitis e virus from chickens in the United States.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Nov 2002
Huang F F, Haqshenas G, Shivaprasad H L, Guenette D K, Woolcock P R, Larsen C T, Pierson F W, Elvinger F, Toth T E, Meng X J
Abstract excerpt
We recently identified and characterized a novel virus, designated avian hepatitis E virus (avian HEV), from chickens with hepatitis-splenomegaly syndrome (HS syndrome) in the United States. Avian HEV is genetically related to but distinct from human and swine HEVs. To determine the extent of genetic variation and the seroprevalence of avian HEV infection in chicken flocks, we genetically identified and...
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