A novel avian isolate of hepatitis E virus from Pakistan

Abstract Background Avian hepatitis E virus (aHEV) has been associated with hepatitis-splenomegaly syndrome (HSS) in chickens along with asymptomatic subclinical infection in many cases. So far, four genotypes have been described, which cause infection in chickens, specifically in broiler breeders a...

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Main Authors: Tahir Iqbal, Umer Rashid, Muhammad Idrees, Amber Afroz, Saleem Kamili, Michael A. Purdy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:Virology Journal
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12985-019-1247-0