Clinical course of infection and viral tissue tropism of hepatitis C virus–like nonprimate hepaciviruses in horses
Stephanie Pfaender, Jessika M.V. Cavalleri, Stephanie Walter, Juliane Doerrbecker, Benedetta Campana, Richard J.P. Brown, Peter D. Burbelo, Alexander Postel, Kerstin Hahn, Anggakusuma, Nina Riebesehl, Wolfgang Baumgärtner, Paul Becher, Markus H. Heim, Thomas Pietschmann, Karsten Feige, Eike Steinmann – 12 September 2014 – Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has a very narrow species and tissue tropism and efficiently replicates only in humans and the chimpanzee. Recently, several studies identified close relatives to HCV in different animal species.