Detection and genomic characterization of new avian?like hepatitis Evirus in a sparrow in the United States
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AbstractHepatitis E virus (HEV) is a nonenveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA virus that has been detected in a wide varietyof animals. In 2017, an avian-like HEV was identified in sparrow feces sampled from around a pig farm in the midwesternUnited States. Sequence analysis revealed that the sparrow isolate represents a novel HEV that is distantly related to chickenand little egret HEVs
