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Genetic diversity of bat orthohepadnaviruses in China and a proposed new nomenclature.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2018
Yang Ling'en, Wu Jianmin, Hu Tingsong, Qin Shaomin, Deng Bo, Liu Jinfeng, Zhang Fuqiang, He Biao, Tu Changchun
Abstract excerpt
The orthohepadnaviruses, which include the major human pathogen hepatitis B virus, exist in a wide range of hosts. Since 2013, a large group of orthohepadnaviruses has been identified in bats worldwide and classified as 4 species within the genus Orthohepadnavirus. To further investigate orthohepadnaviruses in the Chinese bat population, 554 archived bat samples from 20 colonies covering 3 southern provinces were...
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