Molecular detection and characterisation of domestic cat hepadnavirus (DCH) from blood and liver tissues of cats in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Anpuanandam, Khanmani, Selvarajah, Gayathri Thevi, Mun, Mandy Kei Choy, Shing, Wei Ng, Kumar, Kiven, Mohd Ali, Razana, Rajendren, Sujey Kumar, Kok, Lian Ho, Wen, Siang Tan
• Format: Article
• Published: BioMed Central 2021
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/94248/; https://bmcvetres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12917-020-02700-0

Background: A new domestic cat hepadnavirus (DCH, family Hepadnaviridae) was first reported from whole blood samples of domestic cats in Australia in 2018, and from cat serum samples in Italy in 2019. The pathogenesis of DCH is unknown, but it was reported in cats with viraemia (6.5–10.8%), chronic...