Hepatitis E virus infection in equines in Spain.
Hepatitis E
Spain
emerging disease
genotype 3
horses
zoonoses
Journal
Transboundary and emerging diseases
ISSN: 1865-1682
Titre abrégé: Transbound Emerg Dis
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 101319538
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jan 2019
Jan 2019
Historique:
received:
17
03
2018
revised:
27
06
2018
accepted:
28
06
2018
pubmed:
27
7
2018
medline:
12
3
2019
entrez:
27
7
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Hepatitis E (HE) is an important emerging disease in European countries. To analyse the role of equids as potential reservoirs for HE virus (HEV), we determined the prevalence of HEV infection in 861 equines from 464 herds in Spain. HEV RNA in serum was detected in 0.4% (3/692) of horses, 1.2% (1/86) of donkeys and 3.6% (3/83) of mules. Phylogenetic analysis identified the zoonotic genotype 3 as being closely related to viral human and swine strains. In this first report on HEV in equids in Europe, we confirm the susceptibility of horses, donkeys and mules to HEV infection. The low prevalence detected indicates that equids may be considered spillover hosts rather than true reservoirs.
Substances chimiques
ORF2 protein, Hepatitis E virus
0
RNA, Viral
0
Viral Proteins
0
Banques de données
GENBANK
['MH178352', 'EU495148', 'AB850879', 'EU723516', 'EU723514']
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
66-71Subventions
Organisme : Ministerio de Sanidad
ID : RD12/0017/0012
Organisme : Fundación para la Investigación en Salud (FIS) del Instituto Carlos III
ID : PI16/01297
Organisme : ISCIII-Subdirección General de Evaluación
Organisme : Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER)
Informations de copyright
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