Molecular insights into domestic cat hepatitis B virus linking genome to function
Sofija Šolaja, Vesna Milićević, Dimitrije Glišić, Andrea Radalj, Miloš Đurić, Aleksandra Knežević, Jakov Nišavić · 2026
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Šolaja and co-authors (2026) give the first report of domestic cat hepatitis B virus in Serbia, a virus linked to liver cancer in cats. The team screened samples from 308 animals for this virus and three other feline viruses. They then sequenced the full genomes of the positives they found.
The virus appeared in 2.6 percent of the animals, with no clear link to age, sex, or the other viruses. The three full genomes belonged to genotype A. The team catalogued the genome's working parts. They found unique changes in one gene and a conserved starter region in another that matters for protein maturation. They also found signals that may start the two RNA messages, and the repeated sequence ends the virus uses to copy itself. The authors say the work widens knowledge of this virus's diversity and underlines why genomic study matters for understanding its role in liver disease.
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| CREATOR | Sofija Šolaja, Vesna Milićević, Dimitrije Glišić, Andrea Radalj, Miloš Đurić, Aleksandra Knežević, Jakov Nišavić |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |