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Hepatitis E virus detected from Chinese laboratory ferrets and farmed mink.
Transboundary and emerging diseases - 1 Feb 2018
Wang Lin, Gong W, Fu H, Li M, Zhang Y, Luo Z, Xu Q, Wang L
Abstract excerpt
A novel genotype of hepatitis E virus (HEV) has been discovered in ferrets and mink worldwide. However, the situation in China is unknown. Diverse HEV RNA belonging to HEV genotype C2 was detected in this study from 17.5% (18/103) of the laboratory ferrets and 1.9% (2/107) of farmed mink in China. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the ferret HEV strains clustered into three groups with known strains detected from...
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