title: Complete genome sequence of a novel duck hepatitis A virus discovered in southern China.
abstract: We report here the complete genomic sequence of a novel duck hepatitis A virus (DHAV) isolated from mixed infections with DHAV type 1 (DHAV-1) and DHAV-3 in ducklings in Southern China. The whole nucleotide sequence had the highest homology with the sequence of DHAV-3 (GenBank accession number DQ812093) (96.2%). To our knowledge, this is the first report of gene rearrangement between DHAV-1 and DHAV-3, and it will help to understand the epidemiology and molecular characteristics of duck hepatitis A virus in Southern China.
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
authors.forename: Chun-ya
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Shuo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Wan-jun
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Ji-dang
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Fu-rong
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yan-jing
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jie-xiong
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Heng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Guihong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D004372:Ducks / Q000821:virology; D015321:Gene Rearrangement; D016679:Genome, Viral; D004371:Hepatitis Virus, Duck / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006524:Hepatitis, Viral, Animal / Q000821:virology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010850:Picornaviridae Infections / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D016865:Reassortant Viruses / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification