title: Molecular detection of hepatitis E virus in rivers in the Philippines.
abstract: To understand the hepatitis E virus (HEV)-pollution status in the environment in the Philippines, a total of 12 water samples were collected from rivers in Manila City for detection of HEV RNA. Three of 12 samples were positive for HEV RNA indicating that HEV is circulating in the Philippines. Phylogenetic analysis classified all of the HEV sequences into genotype 3.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Gakuen 4-7-1, Musashi-Murayama, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan; Department of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University Medical College, Qingdao 266003, China; Department of Virology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi 980-8575, Japan; RITM-Tohoku Collaborating Research Center on Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases, Filinvest Corporate City, Alabang, Muntinlupa City 1781, the Philippines; Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Department of Health Compound, FILINVEST Corporate City, Alabang, Muntinlupa City 1781, the Philippines.
authors.forename: Tian-Cheng
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Tingting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Tomoyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shiota
authors.forename: Sayaka
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshizaki
authors.forename: Hiromu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Mariko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Toshifumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imagawa
authors.forename: Fidelino F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Malbas
authors.forename: Socorro P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Lupisan
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oshitani
authors.forename: Takaji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wakita
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishii
mesh_terms: D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010679:Philippines; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D045483:Rivers / Q000821:virology*
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral