Identification of a Novel Deltavirus in Boa Constrictors

Identification of a Novel Deltavirus in Boa Constrictors

ABSTRACT Hepatitis D virus (HDV) forms the genus Deltavirus unassigned to any virus family. HDV is a satellite virus and needs hepatitis B virus (HBV) to make infectious particles. Deltaviruses are thought to have evolved in humans, since for a long time, they had not been identified elsewhere. Here...

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Main Authors: Udo Hetzel, Leonóra Szirovicza, Teemu Smura, Barbara Prähauser, Olli Vapalahti, Anja Kipar, Jussi Hepojoki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-04-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
deltavirus
evolutionary biology
hepatitis
virology
zoonotic infections
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00014-19

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00014-19

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