Divergent Genotype of Hepatitis A Virus in Alpacas, Bolivia, 2019.

ABSTRACT: Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is a common human pathogen found exclusively in primates. In a molecular and serologic study of 64 alpacas in Bolivia, we detected RNA of distinct HAV in ≈9% of animals and HAV antibodies in ≈64%. Complete-genome analysis suggests a long association of HAV with alpacas.

SUBMITTER: Veith T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10683824 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature