Epidemiological screening for hepatitis E virus in bile specimens from livestock in northwest China.
Hepatitis E has been hypothesized as a zoonosis. However, there is no definite conclusion about which animal species contribute to hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in humans. In this study, HEV RNA was detected only in swine bile specimens and not in bile specimens collected from cattle, goats, or dogs. We postulate that swine are the main animal reservoir for HEV.
Shao
Zhong-jun
ZJ
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, People's Republic of China.
Li
Jing-hua
JH
Zheng
Ying-jie
YJ
Zhang
Jing-xia
JX
Ma
Yong-hong
YH
Ma
Wen-tao
WT
Jiang
Qing-wu
QW
Dang
Rong-li
RL
D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D001646:Bile / Q000821:virology*; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000821:virology; D002681:China; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000821:virology; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000821:virology; D004285:Dogs; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000821:virology; D006041:Goats; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000662:veterinary*; D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000821:virology*