Genome Sequence of a Genotype 2 Hepatitis E Virus World Health Organization Reference Strain

Marco Kaiser; Saleem Kamili; Tonya Hayden; Johannes Blümel; Sally A Baylis

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01664-16

Genome Sequence of a Genotype 2 Hepatitis E Virus World Health Organization Reference Strain

Genome Announc. 2017 Feb 16;5(7):e01664-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01664-16.

Authors

Marco Kaiser¹, Saleem Kamili², Tonya Hayden², Johannes Blümel³, Sally A Baylis⁴

Affiliations

¹ GenExpress Gesellschaft für Proteindesign mbH, Berlin, Germany kaiser@genexpress.de Sally.Baylis@pei.de.
² Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
³ Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany.
⁴ Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany kaiser@genexpress.de Sally.Baylis@pei.de.

Abstract

We report here the sequence of a genotype 2a reference strain of hepatitis E virus (HEV), developed on behalf of the World Health Organization. The HEV reference strain is intended for use in assays based on nucleic acid amplification for the validation of HEV RNA detection.