A World Health Organization Human Hepatitis E Virus Reference Strain Related to Similar Strains Isolated from Rabbits.

ABSTRACT: We report here the genome sequence of a hepatitis E virus (HEV) strain from a chronically infected immunodeficient patient. Full-length sequence analysis revealed a distinct HEV strain, of a tentative new subgenotype, clustering with viruses from rabbits. It is a World Health Organization reference strain for validation of nucleic acid testing.

SUBMITTER: Kaiser M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5908947 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature