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January 23, 2019Microbiology Resource AnnouncementsOpen Access

Near-Complete Genome Sequence of a Human Pegivirus Variant Isolated from a Hepatitis E Virus-Infected Patient

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Key result

Viral metagenomics applied to a hepatitis E patient's blood sample identified and characterized the near-complete genome of a genotype 3 human pegivirus strain.

Population

A blood sample from a hepatitis E patient

Design

Viral metagenomic analysis

Authors

XZXiaodan ZhangWLWang LiCZChenglin Zhou

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Overview

Alerts to possible pegivirus co-infection in hepatitis E; leaves open its prevalence and clinical role.

Structured PICO

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Population
Blood sample from a hepatitis E patient
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Intervention
Viral metagenomics
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Outcome
Identification and characterization of viral sequences

The study reports the near-complete genome sequence of a genotype 3 human pegivirus strain isolated from a patient with hepatitis E.

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Zhang et al. (2019) studied this question. Viral metagenomics applied to a hepatitis E patient's blood sample identified and characterized the near-complete genome of a genotype 3 human pegivirus strain.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9ddadc4cf3be31217ff9edhttps://doi.org/10.1128/mra.01151-18
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