Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2013)

Characterization of Full Genome of Rat Hepatitis E Virus Strain from Vietnam

  • Tian-Cheng Li,
  • Yasushi Ami,
  • Yuriko Suzaki,
  • Shumpei P. Yasuda,
  • Kumiko Yoshimatsu,
  • Jiro Arikawa,
  • Naokazu Takeda,
  • Wakita Takaji

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1901.121007
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 1
pp. 115 – 118

Abstract

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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.

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