Ecologic Traits Analysis for Identifying Rodent Hosts for Arenavirus and Hepacivirus in the Americas [PDF]
Biotropica, Volume 57, Issue 6, November 2025.More than half of the emerging or re‐emerging pathogens that affect human health have their origin in wildlife. Among these rodents are key zoonotic hosts due to their unique characteristics of life history and species diversity.
María del Carmen Villalobos‐Segura +3 more
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Host genetic variation guides hepacivirus clearance, chronicity, and liver fibrosis in mice
bioRxiv, 2023 Background & Aims Human genetic variation is thought to guide the outcome of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection but model systems within which to dissect these host genetic mechanisms are limited.
Ariane J. Brown +21 more
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Detection of Equine Parvovirus-Hepatitis Virus and Equine Hepacivirus in Archived Sera from Horses in France and Australia [PDF]
VirusesReports of newly discovered equine hepatotropic flavi- and parvoviruses have emerged throughout the last decade in many countries, the discovery of which has stimulated a great deal of interest and clinical research.
Christine Fortier +12 more
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First National Prevalence in Italian Horse Population and Phylogenesis Highlight a Fourth Sub-Type Candidate of Equine Hepacivirus [PDF]
VirusesEquine hepacivirus (EqHV, Flaviviridae, hepacivirus) is a small, enveloped RNA virus generally causing sub-clinical hepatitis with occasional fatalities. EqHV is reported in equids worldwide, but for Italy data are limited.
Roberto Nardini +11 more
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Design and nonviral delivery of live attenuated vaccine to prevent chronic hepatitis C virus-like infection [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsAn effective vaccine for the hepatitis C virus (HCV) remains an unmet medical need. There is no animal model for assessing HCV vaccines; however, rodent hepacivirus (RHV) infection in laboratory rats recapitulates the lifelong chronic hepatotropic ...
Sheetal Trivedi +13 more
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Equine hepacivirus: phylogenetic analysis of Italian horse sequences highlights a fourth subtype candidate [PDF]
Equine Veterinary Journalopenalex +2 more sources
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2022 Horses and other equids can be infected with several viruses of the family Flaviviridae, belonging to the genus Flavivirus and Hepacivirus. This consensus statement focuses on viruses with known occurrence in Europe, with the objective to summarize the ...
Jessika‐M. V. Cavalleri +6 more
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Dose-Dependent Hepacivirus Infection Reveals Linkage between Infectious Dose and Immune Response
Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 More than 70 million people worldwide are still infected with the hepatitis C virus 30 years after its discovery, underscoring the need for a vaccine. To develop an effective prophylactic vaccine, detailed knowledge of the correlates of protection and an
André Gömer +9 more
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Equine hepacivirus and equine parvovirus‐hepatitis in hospitalised horses in Austria [PDF]
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