Analysis of Avian Hepatitis E Virus from Chickens, China

• DOI: 10.3201/eid1609.100626
• Publication Date: 2010-08-23T14:55:28Z
• Authors: Qin Zhao; En Min Zhou; Shi Wei Dong; Hong Kai Qiu; Lu Zhang; Shou Bin Hu; Fei Fei Zhao; Shi Jin Jiang; Ya Ni Sun
• Keywords: Hepatitis E Virus; Hepatitis E

Abstract Avian hepatitis E virus (HEV) has been identified in chickens; however, only 4 complete or near-complete genomic sequences have reported. We found that the sequence of avian HEV chickens from China shared highest identity (98.3%) with Europe and belonged to genotype 3.