Domestic Cat Hepadnavirus and Lymphoma

Julia A Beatty^{1

2}, Thomas Tu^{3

4}, Patricia A Pesavento⁵, Joao P Cavasin⁶, Min-Chun Chen⁶, Jonathan A Lidbury⁶, Joerg M Steiner⁶, Vanessa R Barrs^{1

2}, John M Cullen^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Jockey Club College of Veterinary and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
² Centre for Animal Health and Welfare, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
³ Storr Liver Centre, Westmead Clinical School and Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia.
⁴ Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia.
⁵ Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, 4206 Vet Med 3A, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
⁶ Gastrointestinal Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
⁷ College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA.

Julia A Beatty et al. Viruses. 2023.

. 2023 Nov 23;15(12):2294.

doi: 10.3390/v15122294.

Julia A Beatty^{1

2}, Thomas Tu^{3

4}, Patricia A Pesavento⁵, Joao P Cavasin⁶, Min-Chun Chen⁶, Jonathan A Lidbury⁶, Joerg M Steiner⁶, Vanessa R Barrs^{1

2}, John M Cullen^{6

7}

¹ Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Jockey Club College of Veterinary and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
² Centre for Animal Health and Welfare, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
³ Storr Liver Centre, Westmead Clinical School and Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia.
⁴ Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia.
⁵ Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, 4206 Vet Med 3A, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
⁶ Gastrointestinal Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
⁷ College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA.

Abstract

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