Genome Sequences and Phylogeny of Two Duck Hepatitis B Viruses

Daniel Apolônio Silva de Oliveira; Yannick Debing; Ines Dieryck; Wilfred Michael Lyimu; Jan Paeshuyse

doi:10.1128/MRA.01327-20

Genome Sequences and Phylogeny of Two Duck Hepatitis B Viruses

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 Feb 18;10(7):e01327-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01327-20.

Authors

Daniel Apolônio Silva de Oliveira¹, Yannick Debing², Ines Dieryck¹, Wilfred Michael Lyimu¹, Jan Paeshuyse³

Affiliations

¹ KU Leuven, Department of Biosystems, Division of Animal and Human Health Engineering, Laboratory of Host-Pathogen Interactions in Livestock, Leuven, Belgium.
² Aligos Belgium BV, Leuven, Belgium.
³ KU Leuven, Department of Biosystems, Division of Animal and Human Health Engineering, Laboratory of Host-Pathogen Interactions in Livestock, Leuven, Belgium jan.paeshuyse@kuleuven.be.

Abstract

Duck hepatitis B virus (DHBV) infection in Pekin ducks is a model for human hepatitis B. Sequence variations may contribute to host therapy responses against the virus. We provide full genome sequences of two DHBVs from France, their phylogenetic classification, and their sequence variability.