First description of Hepatitis E virus in Australian rabbits
Abstract
We report the first detection of Hepatitis E virus in rabbits in Australia. While conducting metatranscriptomic sequencing of liver samples collected from domestic rabbits that had diedwe detected three samples positive for hepatitis E virus. Two viral genome sequences were obtained, which shared 96% nucleotide identity.
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