Search Results - "Hepatitis C"

Viral metagenomic analysis of bushpigs (Potamochoerus larvatus) in Uganda identifies novel variants of Porcine parvovirus 4 and Torque teno sus virus 1 and 2 by Blomstrom, A.L., Stahl, K., Masembe, C., Okoth, Edward A., Okurut, A.R., Atmnedi, P., Kemp, Stephen J., Bishop, Richard P., Belak, S., Berg, M.

“…Results Application of 454 pyrosequencing demonstrated the presence of Torque teno sus virus (TTSuV), porcine parvovirus 4 (PPV4), porcine endogenous retrovirus (PERV), a GB Hepatitis C–like virus, and a Sclerotinia hypovirulence-associated-like virus in sera from the bushpigs. …”
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Differential infection patterns and recent evolutionary origins of equine hepaciviruses in donkeys by Walter, S., Rasche, A., Moreira-Soto, A., Pfaender, S., Bletsa, M., Corman, V.M., Aguilar-Setien, A., García Lacy, F., Hans, A., Todt, D., Schuler, G., Shnaiderman-Torban, A., Steinman, A., Roncoroni, C., Venezian, V., Rusenova, N., Sandev, N., Rusenov, A., Zapryanova, D., García Bocanegra, I., Jores, Joerg, Carluccio, A., Veronesi, M.C., Cavalleri, J.M.V., Drosten, C., Lemey, P., Steinmann, E., Drexler, J.F.

“…The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major human pathogen. Genetically related viruses in animals suggest a zoonotic origin of HCV. …”
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