Abstract
In 2015, we identified an avian hepatitis B virus associated with hepatitis in a group of captive elegant-crested tinamous (Eudromia elegans) in Germany. The full-length genome of this virus shares <76% sequence identity with other avihepadnaviruses. The virus may therefore be considered a new extant avian hepadnavirus.
Keywords:
Germany; HBV; avian hepadnavirus; elegant-crested tinamou; hepatitis B virus; palaeognathae; the Netherlands; viruses.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Animals, Zoo
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Biological Evolution
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Bird Diseases / epidemiology*
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Bird Diseases / pathology
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Bird Diseases / virology
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Extinction, Biological
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Genome, Viral*
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Germany / epidemiology
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Hepadnaviridae / classification
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Hepadnaviridae / genetics*
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Hepadnaviridae / isolation & purification
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Hepadnaviridae Infections / epidemiology
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Hepadnaviridae Infections / pathology
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Hepadnaviridae Infections / veterinary*
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Hepadnaviridae Infections / virology
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Hepatitis, Viral, Animal / epidemiology*
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Hepatitis, Viral, Animal / pathology
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Hepatitis, Viral, Animal / virology
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Host Specificity
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Humans
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Liver / pathology
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Liver / virology
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Open Reading Frames
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Palaeognathae / virology
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Phylogeny
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Viral Proteins / genetics*