Mammalian deltavirus without hepadnavirus coinfection in the neotropical rodent Proechimys semispinosus [Microbiology]

Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is a human hepatitis-causing RNA virus, unrelated to any other taxonomic group of RNA viruses. Its occurrence as a satellite virus of hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a singular case in animal virology for which no consensus evolutionary explanation exists. Here we present a mammalian deltavirus...

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Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - July 27, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Sofia Paraskevopoulou, Fabian Pirzer, Nora Goldmann, Julian Schmid, Victor Max Corman, Lina Theresa Gottula, Simon Schroeder, Andrea Rasche, Doreen Muth, Jan Felix Drexler, Alexander Christoph Heni, Georg Joachim Eibner, Rachel A. Page, Terry C. Jones, Ma Tags: Biological Sciences Source Type: research