Article
Identification of a novel deltavirus in Boa constrictor
2018-09-29
Abstract excerpt
Human hepatitis D virus (hHDV) forms the genus Deltavirus which has not been assigned to any virus family. hHDV is a satellite virus and needs hepatitis B virus (HBV) to make infectious particles. Deltaviruses are thought to have evolved in humans, since they have thus far not been identified elsewhere. Herein we report, prompted by a recent observation of HDV-like agent in birds, the identification of a deltavir...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 761d84d6-c82a-5f3c-8094-98f8d4f561bb
- DOI
- 10.1101/429753
