Complete Genome of Hepatitis E Virus from Laboratory Ferrets

• Published in: Emerging 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
• Language: English
• 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

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...