Natural reservoirs for homologs of hepatitis C virus

Stephanie PfaenderInstitute for Experimental Virology, Twincore Centre of Experimental and Clinical Infection Research; a joint venture between the Hannover Medical School and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Hannover 30625, Germany

Richard JP BrownInstitute for Experimental Virology, Twincore Centre of Experimental and Clinical Infection Research; a joint venture between the Hannover Medical School and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Hannover 30625, Germany

Thomas PietschmannInstitute for Experimental Virology, Twincore Centre of Experimental and Clinical Infection Research; a joint venture between the Hannover Medical School and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Hannover 30625, Germany

Eike SteinmannInstitute for Experimental Virology, Twincore Centre of Experimental and Clinical Infection Research; a joint venture between the Hannover Medical School and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Hannover 30625, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]

Pages 1-9 | Received 23 Sep 2015, Accepted 02 Nov 2015, Published online: 25 Jan 2019

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