Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, 1800 Christensen Drive, Ames, IA, 50011, USA.
China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control, Beijing, 100081, China.
Arch Virol. 2018 Oct;163(10):2861-2864. doi: 10.1007/s00705-018-3925-4. Epub 2018 Jul 3.
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a nonenveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA virus that has been detected in a wide variety of animals. In 2017, an avian-like HEV was identified in sparrow feces sampled from around a pig farm in the midwestern United States. Sequence analysis revealed that the sparrow isolate represents a novel HEV that is distantly related to chicken and little egret HEVs.
戊型肝炎病毒（HEV）是一种无包膜、正链、单链 RNA 病毒，已在多种动物中检测到。2017 年，在美国中西部一个养猪场周围采集的麻雀粪便中发现了一种类似鸟类的 HEV。序列分析显示，麻雀分离株代表了一种新型的 HEV，与鸡和小白鹭 HEV 有较远的关系。
