Characterization of full genome of rat hepatitis E virus strain from Vietnam

Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Jan;19(1):115-8. doi: 10.3201/eid1901.121007.

Abstract

We amplified the complete genome of the rat hepatitis E virus (HEV) Vietnam strain (V-105) and analyzed the nucleotide and amino acid sequences. The entire genome of V-105 shared only 76.8%-76.9% nucleotide sequence identities with rat HEV strains from Germany, which suggests that V-105 is a new genotype of rat HEV.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Wild / virology*
  • Base Sequence
  • DNA Primers
  • Genome, Viral*
  • Genotype
  • Hepatitis E / virology*
  • Hepatitis E virus / classification
  • Hepatitis E virus / genetics*
  • Hepatitis E virus / isolation & purification
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Molecular Typing
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Viral / classification
  • RNA, Viral / genetics*
  • RNA, Viral / isolation & purification
  • Rats / virology*
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
  • Vietnam

Substances

  • DNA Primers
  • RNA, Viral