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A novel avian isolate of hepatitis E virus from Pakistan.
Virology journal - 21 Nov 2019
Iqbal Tahir, Rashid Umer, Idrees Muhammad, Afroz Amber, Kamili Saleem, Purdy Michael A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Avian hepatitis E virus (aHEV) has been associated with hepatitis-splenomegaly syndrome (HSS) in chickens along with asymptomatic subclinical infection in many cases. So far, four genotypes have been described, which cause infection in chickens, specifically in broiler breeders and layer chickens. In the present study, we isolated and identified two novel aHEV strains from the bile of layer chickens...
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