Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2014)

Complete Genome of Hepatitis E Virus from Laboratory Ferrets

  • Tian-Cheng Li,
  • Tingting Yang,
  • Yasushi Ami,
  • Yuriko Suzaki,
  • Masayuki Shirakura,
  • Noriko Kishida,
  • Hideki Asanuma,
  • Naokazu Takeda,
  • Wakita Takaji

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2004.131815
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 4
pp. 709 – 712

Abstract

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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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