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SUBMITTER: Pfaender S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4857452 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pfaender Stephanie S Walter Stephanie S Todt Daniel D Behrendt Patrick P Doerrbecker Juliane J Wölk Benno B Engelmann Michael M Gravemann Ute U Seltsam Axel A Steinmann Joerg J Burbelo Peter D PD Klawonn Frank F Feige Karsten K Pietschmann Thomas T Cavalleri Jessika-M V JV Steinmann Eike E
The Journal of general virology 20150603 9
The recent discovery of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related viruses in different animal species has raised new speculations regarding the origin of HCV and the possibility of a zoonotic source responsible for the endemic HCV transmission. As a consequence, these new findings prompt questions regarding the potential for cross-species transmissions of hepaciviruses. The closest relatives to HCV discovered to date are the non-primate hepaciviruses (NPHVs), which have been described to infect horses. To ...[more]