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Bat hepadnaviruses and the origins of primate hepatitis B viruses.

Current opinion in virology - 1 Feb 2016

Rasche Andrea, Souza Breno Frederico de Carvalho Dominguez, Drexler Jan Felix

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The origin of primate HBV (family Hepadnaviridae) is unknown. Hepadnaviruses are ancient pathogens and may have been associated with old mammalian lineages like bats for prolonged time. Indeed, the genetic diversity of bat hepadnaviruses exceeds that of extant hepadnaviruses in other host orders, suggesting a long evolution of hepadnaviruses in bats. Strikingly, a recently detected New World bat hepadnavirus is...

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PMID: 26897577
DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2016.01.015

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