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This work was supported by the Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Foundation under Grant [Number 2017A030310367].
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Lu, G., Zhao, J., Ou, J. et al. Novel HCV-Like Virus Detected in Avian Livers in Southern China and Its Implications for Natural Recombination Events. Virol. Sin. 36, 149–151 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12250-020-00256-9
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