“…The fact that this virus does not infect small mammals makes it challenging to find a suitable animal model [ 7 , 8 ]. However, the recent development of new diagnostic technologies has led to the identification of several new hepaciviruses in rodents, horses, cattle, dogs, and bats [ 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 ].…”