Divergent Genotype of Hepatitis A Virus in Alpacas, Bolivia, 2019

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Veith, Talitha ; Beltran-Saavedra, L. Fabian ; Bleicker, Tobias ; Schmidt, Marie Luisa ; Mollericona, José L. ; Grützmacher, Kim ; Wallace, Rob ; Drexler, Jan Felix ; Walzer, Christian ; Jones, Terry C. ; Drosten, Christian ; Corman, Victor Max
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• Description:
  Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is a common human pathogen found exclusively in primates. In a molecular and serologic study of 64 alpacas in Bolivia, we detected RNA of distinct HAV in ≈9% of animals and HAV antibodies in ≈64%. Complete-genome analysis suggests a long association of HAV with alpacas.
• Subjects:
  • Dispatch
  • Divergent Genotype of Hepatitis A Virus in Alpacas, Bolivia, 2019
• Keywords:
  • hepatitis A virus
  • Hepatovirus
  • viruses
  • zoonoses
  • new-world Camelids
  • livestock
  • RNA
  • Bolivia
  • genotype
  • feces
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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2023; 29(12):2524-2527
• Pubmed ID:
  37796297
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10683824
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  12
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/138540/cdc_138540_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.06 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
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  urn:sha256:f9faf2286376eef7a1b02e14aa480f7af090d61c0424ef8ab4e5a428fcd281ba