Abstract
During an analysis of the virome of bats from Myanmar, a large number of reads were annotated to orthohepadnaviruses. We present the full genome sequence and a morphological analysis of an orthohepadnavirus circulating in bats. This virus is substantially different from currently known members of the genus Orthohepadnavirus and represents a new species.
Keywords:
Myanmar; bat hepatitis virus; bats; full genome; hepatitis; prevalence; viral morphology; viruses.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Chiroptera / virology*
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Genome, Viral*
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Hepatitis, Viral, Animal / epidemiology*
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Hepatitis, Viral, Animal / virology
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Myanmar / epidemiology
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Orthohepadnavirus / classification
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Orthohepadnavirus / genetics*
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Orthohepadnavirus / isolation & purification
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Phylogeny
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Prevalence
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RNA, Viral / classification
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RNA, Viral / genetics*
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RNA, Viral / isolation & purification
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Sequence Analysis, DNA