First directly sequenced genome of hepatitis E virus from the serum of a patient from the United Kingdom

Sarah L. Caddy, Ian Goodfellow, Hamid Jalal*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotype 3 is endemic in the United Kingdom but the complete sequence of HEV, generated directly from a clinical sample, is lacking. We report a near full-length genome sequence of genotype 3 HEV from the serum of a patient with acute hepatitis.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere00931-16
JournalGenome Announcements
Volume4
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Wethank William Griffiths and Kate Rolfe for the provision and archiving of clinical samples, respectively. This work was supported by a grant from Wellcome Trust (097997/Z/11/Z).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Caddy et al.

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