title: Epidemiological screening for hepatitis E virus in bile specimens from livestock in northwest China.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zhong-jun
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Jing-hua
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ying-jie
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Jing-xia
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yong-hong
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Wen-tao
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Qing-wu
authors.initials: QW
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Rong-li
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Dang
mesh_terms: 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*