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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81290341), and the Basic Research Project of Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Program (JCYJ20150402102519532). We also thank Juan Min in the Core Facility and Technical Support of the Wuhan Institute of Virology for her help in imaging data collecting.
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Guo, H., Cai, C., Wang, B. et al. Novel hepacivirus in Asian house shrew, China. Sci. China Life Sci. 62, 701–704 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-018-9435-7
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