title: Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus infection among dogs in several developed cities in the Guangdong province of China.
abstract: Hepatitis E virus (HEV), as a zoonotic disease virus, was seldom studied in dogs especially in stray dogs. As previously reported, dog might be an accidental host of HEV for human beings and some risk factors might play an important role in HEV transmission. Thus, we designed this study to evaluate the seroprevalence of HEV infection among dogs in several cities in Guangdong province of China. This surveillance may help us understand risk factors including location, gender, live type, and diet habit for HEV transmission. The overall seroprevalence of anti-HEV antibodies in dogs was 19.00%. Positive rate of anti-HEV antibodies in other food groups (21.13%) was higher than that in dog food groups (9.77%) (P < 0.05), which suggested that diet habit might be a vital element of infecting HEV for dogs and play an important role in living environment. However, the analysis indicated that no strong relationship was observed among different cities, gender groups, and live type. Our study demonstrated that HEV is prevalent in dogs in the Guangdong province of China. As diet habit might become a vital element of infecting HEV for dogs and play an important role in living environment, similar studies of dogs should be conducted in the future. J. Med. Virol. 88:1404-1407, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.|Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control for Severe Clinical Animal Diseases of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Lifang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.|Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control for Severe Clinical Animal Diseases of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.|Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control for Severe Clinical Animal Diseases of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Cheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.|Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control for Severe Clinical Animal Diseases of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: San
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.|Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control for Severe Clinical Animal Diseases of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Malin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.|Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control for Severe Clinical Animal Diseases of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Zhongshan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.|Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control for Severe Clinical Animal Diseases of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Kun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.|Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control for Severe Clinical Animal Diseases of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Pei
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.|Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control for Severe Clinical Animal Diseases of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Shoujun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D002947:Cities; D004032:Diet / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D004285:Dogs; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies / Q000097:blood; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D057805:Pets; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics; D012307:Risk Factors; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D015047:Zoonoses
chemical_list: D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies; D012367:RNA, Viral
keywords: HEV; dog; seroprevalence