title: Hepatitis E Virus in Farmed Rabbits, Wild Rabbits and Petting Farm Rabbits in the Netherlands.
abstract: Rabbits have been suggested as a zoonotic source of Hepatitis E virus. Phylogenetic analysis of HEV isolates from farmed, wild and pet rabbits in the Netherlands (0, 60, and 23 % respectively) showed them to be grouped amongst published rabbit HEV sequences and distinct from most human isolates. Dutch rabbits are unlikely to be a zoonotic source.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences - Veterinary Public Health Division, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, PO Box 80175, 3508TD Utrecht, The Netherlands. s.a.burt@uu.nl.
authors.forename: Sara A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Burt
authors.affiliation: Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences - Veterinary Public Health Division, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, PO Box 80175, 3508TD Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jorg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Veltman
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, Central Veterinary Institute, Wageningen University Research, Edelhertweg 15, 8219PH, Lelystad, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Renate
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hakze-van der Honing
authors.affiliation: Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences - Veterinary Public Health Division, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, PO Box 80175, 3508TD Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Heike
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schmitt
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, Central Veterinary Institute, Wageningen University Research, Edelhertweg 15, 8219PH, Lelystad, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Wim H M
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: van der Poel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000821:virology; D005838:Genotype; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009426:Netherlands; D057805:Pets / Q000821:virology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D011817:Rabbits
keywords: HEV; Hepatitis E; Rabbits; Zoonosis