Vertical transmission of hepatitis C virus-like non-primate hepacivirus in horses
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Seroepidemiology of non-primate hepacivirus (NPHV) in Japanese native horses
Non-primate hepacivirus (NPHV) is recently identified as a closely related homologue of hepatitis C virus. The previous studies showed a high prevalence of NPHV infection among Japanese domestic horses originated from abroad. The historical distribution of NPHV among horses in Japan, therefore, is still unknown. In this study, seroepidemiological study of NPHV was conducted using 335 sera from ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of General Virology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0022-1317,1465-2099
DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.000561