Complete Genome of Hepatitis E Virus from Laboratory Ferrets

The complete genome of hepatitis E virus (HEV) from laboratory ferrets imported from the United States was identified. This virus shared only 82.4%-82.5% nt sequence identities with strains from the Netherlands, which indicated that the ferret HEV genome is genetically diverse. Some laboratory ferre...

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Published inEmerging infectious diseases Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 709 - 712
Main Authors Li, Tian-Cheng, Yang, Tingting, Ami, Yasushi, Suzaki, Yuriko, Shirakura, Masayuki, Kishida, Noriko, Asanuma, Hideki, Takeda, Naokazu, Takaji, Wakita
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.04.2014
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subjects
Animal experimentation
Animals
Disease transmission
Dispatch
ferrets
Ferrets - virology
Genetic aspects
Genetic Variation
Genome, Viral
Hepatitis E
Hepatitis E - virology
hepatitis E virus
Hepatitis E virus - genetics
HEV
imported infection
laboratory ferrets
Methods
Netherlands
Phylogeny
Sequence Analysis, DNA - methods
United States
viruses
United States
Netherlands
hepatitis E virus
viruses
ferrets
HEV
zoonoses
complete genome
imported infection
laboratory ferrets
sequencing
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Summary:The complete genome of hepatitis E virus (HEV) from laboratory ferrets imported from the United States was identified. This virus shared only 82.4%-82.5% nt sequence identities with strains from the Netherlands, which indicated that the ferret HEV genome is genetically diverse. Some laboratory ferrets were contaminated with HEV.
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ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2004.131815