Analysis of Avian Hepatitis E Virus from Chickens, China

Abstract

Avian hepatitis E virus (HEV) has been identified in chickens; however, only 4 complete or near-complete genomic sequences have been reported. We found that the near-complete genomic sequence of avian HEV in chickens from China shared the highest identity (98.3%) with avian HEV from Europe and belonged to avian HEV genotype 3.

Keywords

• Avian hepatitis E virus
• HEV
• sequence
• analysis
• viruses
• China