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An overview: Rabbit hepatitis E virus (HEV) and rabbit providing an animal model for HEV study.
Reviews in medical virology - 1 Jan 2018
Wang Lin, Liu Lin, Wang Ling
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Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a single-stranded, positive-sense RNA virus and the causative agent of hepatitis E. The virus belongs to genus Orthohepevirus in the family Hepeviridae, which contains 4 major genotypes closely relating to humans. Genotypes 1 and 2 only infect humans whereas genotypes 3 and 4 HEV are harbored in a wide range of animal species worldwide and are zoonotic to humans. Recently, a novel...
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