Novel Hepatitis E Virus Genotype in Norway Rats, Germany
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- 1 September 2010
- journal article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 16 (9), 1452-1455
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1609.100444
Abstract
Human hepatitis E virus infections may be caused by zoonotic transmission of virus genotypes 3 and 4. To determine whether rodents are a reservoir, we analyzed the complete nucleotide sequence of a hepatitis E–like virus from 2 Norway rats in Germany. The sequence suggests a separate genotype for this hepatotropic virus.Keywords
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