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Experimental infection of rabbits with rabbit and genotypes 1 and 4 hepatitis E viruses.
PloS one - 11 Feb 2010
Ma Hongxia, Zheng Lin, Liu Yunbo, Zhao Chenyan, Harrison Tim J, Ma Yuyuan, Sun Shuhua, Zhang Jingang, Wang Youchun
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A recent study provided evidence that farmed rabbits in China harbor a novel hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotype. Although the rabbit HEV isolate had 77-79% nucleotide identity to the mammalian HEV genotypes 1 to 4, their genomic organization is very similar. Since rabbits are used widely experimentally, including as models of infection, we investigated whether they constitute an appropriate animal model...
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