In this article, the author discusses the issues related to the analysis of hepatitis E virus (HEV)-like sequence in Chimpanzee. It mentions of HEV as a member of the genus Hepevirus which is a non-enveloped virus with a positive stranded RNA genome that is approximately 7.2 kilo base in length. It adds that the sequences studied were found by chance during the discovery of RNA virus in fecal samples of Chimpanzee from a zoo in China.