Divergent Genotype of Hepatitis A Virus in Alpacas, Bolivia, 2019.

Authors :: Veith T
Beltran-Saavedra LF
Bleicker T
Schmidt ML
Mollericona JL
Grützmacher K
Wallace R
Drexler JF
Walzer C
Jones TC
Drosten C
Corman VM
Source :: Emerging infectious diseases [Emerg Infect Dis] 2023 Dec; Vol. 29 (12), pp. 2524-2527. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 05.
Publication Year :: 2023
Abstract: Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is a common human pathogen found exclusively in primates. In a molecular and serologic study of 64 alpacas in Bolivia, we detected RNA of distinct HAV in ≈9% of animals and HAV antibodies in ≈64%. Complete-genome analysis suggests a long association of HAV with alpacas.