bp	Base pairs
BIC	Bayesian Information Criterion
BSL3	Biosafety level 3
cDNA	Complementary DNA
CI	Confidence interval
DNA	Desoxyribonucleic acid
dNTPs	Deoxynucleotide triphosphates
DTT	Dithiothreitol
HEV	Hepatitis E virus
ML	Maximum likelihood
nt	Nucleotides
ORF	Open reading frame
PCR	Polymerase chain reaction
PBS	Phosphate-buffered saline
RNA	Ribonucleic acid
RT-qPCR	Reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction
SH-like aLRT	Shimodaira–Hasegawa-like approximate likelihood ratio test
tMRCA	Time to the most recent common ancestor
µL	Microliter
µM	Micromolar
w/v	Weight/volume