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Putative novel genotype of avian hepatitis E virus, Hungary, 2010
Krisztián Bányai1, Ádám György Tóth, Éva Ivanics
1Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
Emerging Infectious Diseases
|July 31, 2012
Abstract:
To explore the genetic diversity of avian hepatitis E virus strains, we characterized the near-complete genome of a strain detected in 2010 in Hungary, uncovering moderate genome sequence similarity with reference strains. Public health implications related to consumption of eggs or meat contaminated by avian hepatitis E virus, or to poultry handling, require thorough investigation.
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