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Intergenotypic chimeric hepatitis E viruses (HEVs) with the genotype 4 human HEV capsid gene in the backbone of genotype 3 swine HEV are infectious in pigs.
Virus research - 1 Mar 2011
Feagins Alicia R, Córdoba Laura, Sanford Brent J, Dryman Barbara A, Huang Yao-Wei, LeRoith Tanya, Emerson Suzanne U, Meng Xiang-Jin
Abstract excerpt
Genotypes 1 and 2 hepatitis E virus (HEV) infect only humans whereas genotypes 3 and 4 HEV infect both humans and pigs. To evaluate the mechanism of cross-species HEV infection between humans and swine, in this study we constructed five intergenotypic chimeric viruses and tested for their infectivity in vitro and in pigs. We demonstrated that chimeric viruses containing the ORF2 capsid gene either alone or in...
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