title: Prevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) Infection in wild boars and deer and genetic identification of a genotype 3 HEV from a boar in Japan.
abstract: Zoonotic transmission of hepatitis E virus (HEV) from captured wild deer or boars to humans has been suggested. Antibody to HEV was detected in 9% of 35 wild boars and 2% of 117 wild deer tested, and a presumably indigenous HEV of genotype 3 was isolated from a boar in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Nishiarita Kyoritsu Hospital, Saga-Ken, Japan.
authors.forename: Hideto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sonoda
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: Yukihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bando
authors.forename: Emiko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fukui
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mizuo
authors.forename: Masaharu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishizawa
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okamoto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000821:virology*; D003670:Deer / Q000821:virology*; D005838:Genotype; D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies / Q000097:blood; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008099:Liver / Q000821:virology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015995:Prevalence; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013552:Swine / Q000821:virology*; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies; D012367:RNA, Viral