Hepatitis E virus genotype 3f in pigs in New Caledonia
| Autor: | B. Davoust, Philippe Colson, O Cabre, Mamadou Kaba |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Veterinary medicine
General Veterinary Phylogenetic tree Single cluster viruses Zoonosis Hepatitis E virus genotype virus diseases General Medicine Biology medicine.disease medicine.disease_cause Virology digestive system diseases Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction Hepatitis E virus Genotype medicine Feces |
| Zdroj: | Australian Veterinary Journal. 89:496-499 |
| ISSN: | 0005-0423 |
| Popis: | Background Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is highly prevalent in farm pigs worldwide and an increasing body of data from industrialised countries suggests that it is an agent of a porcine zoonosis. Methods We used in-house real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction to study HEV infection in 4–26-week-old pigs on a pig farm in New Caledonia, Oceania, for which no data are available. Results HEV RNA was detected in faeces from 6 of 92 (6.5%) pigs tested and all were 9–16 weeks old. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the HEV open reading frame 1 and 2 sequences recovered in this study formed a single cluster among HEV genotype 3 subtype f. Conclusions Our work shows for the first time that pigs are a reservoir for HEV in New Caledonia. Further studies are needed to assess the prevalence and phylogenetic relationships of HEV in pigs and humans in this French overseas collectivity. |
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