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A Divergent Hepatitis D-Like Agent in Birds

Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is currently only found in humans and is a satellite virus that depends on hepatitis B virus (HBV) envelope proteins for assembly, release, and entry. Using meta-transcriptomics, we identified the genome of a novel HDV-like agent in ducks. Sequence analysis revealed secon...

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Autores principales: Wille, Michelle, Netter, Hans J., Littlejohn, Margaret, Yuen, Lilly, Shi, Mang, Eden, John-Sebastian, Klaassen, Marcel, Holmes, Edward C., Hurt, Aeron C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6315422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30562970
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v10120720