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Characterization of Full Genome of Rat Hepatitis E Virus Strain from Vietnam |
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| Authors: | Tian-Cheng Li Yasushi Ami Yuriko Suzaki Shumpei P. Yasuda Kumiko Yoshimatsu Jiro Arikawa Naokazu Takeda Wakita Takaji |
| Affiliation: | Author affiliations: National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan (T.-C. Li, Y. Ami, Y. Suzaki, W. Takaji); ;Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan (S.P. Yasuda, K. Yoshimatsu, J. Arikawa); ;Osaka University, Osaka, Japan (N. Takeda) |
| Abstract: | We amplified the complete genome of the rat hepatitis E virus (HEV) Vietnam strain (V-105) and analyzed the nucleotide and amino acid sequences. The entire genome of V-105 shared only 76.8%–76.9% nucleotide sequence identities with rat HEV strains from Germany, which suggests that V-105 is a new genotype of rat HEV. |
| Keywords: | hepatitis E virus rat HEV rat genotype viruses |