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The serological prevalence and genetic diversity of hepatitis E virus in farmed rabbits in China.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2011
Geng Yansheng, Zhao Chenyan, Song Aijing, Wang Jinheng, Zhang Xiao, Harrison Tim J, Zhou Yan, Wang Wenbo, Wang Youchun
Abstract excerpt
We identified and characterized a novel virus, designated rabbit hepatitis E virus (HEV), in rex rabbits farmed in China. Rabbit HEV is genetically related to but distinct from other known mammalian HEVs and avian HEV and may represent a novel genotype. To evaluate the spread and genetic variatio...
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