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Hepatic rupture hemorrhage syndrome in chickens caused by a novel genotype avian hepatitis E virus.
Veterinary microbiology - 1 Aug 2018
Su Qi, Li Yang, Meng Fanfeng, Cui Zhizhong, Chang Shuang, Zhao Peng
Abstract excerpt
Since 2016, severe outbreaks of hepatic rupture hemorrhage syndrome (HRHS) have emerged in chickens in several Chinese provinces and caused huge economic losses to the poultry industry, but the etiological characteristics and pathogenic potential of it has remained unclear. This study sequenced the partial helicase and capsid gene of the potentially novel avian hepatitis E virus (HEV) isolated from chickens with...
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