Detection and Phylogenetic Analysis of Hepatitis E Viruses from Mongooses in Okinawa, Japan
| Autor: | Kazuaki Takahashi, Masaji Nakamura, Shou Okano, Minoru Nidaira, Go Ogura, Kiyomasa Itokazu, Shunji Mishiro, Jun Kudaka, Katsuya Taira |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Herpestidae
viruses Biology medicine.disease_cause Viral genetics Japan Hepatitis E virus Phylogenetics biology.animal Genotype medicine Animals Bile Phylogeny Disease Reservoirs General Veterinary Phylogenetic tree Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction virus diseases RNA Hepatitis E medicine.disease Mongoose Virology digestive system diseases RNA Viral |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 74:1665-1668 |
| ISSN: | 1347-7439 0916-7250 |
| Popis: | Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection has previously been reported in wild mongooses on Okinawa Island; to date however, only one HEV RNA sequence has been identified in a mongoose. Hence, this study was performed to detect HEV RNA in 209 wild mongooses on Okinawa Island. Six (2.9%) samples tested positive for HEV RNA. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that 6 HEV RNAs belonged to genotype 3 and were classified into groups A and B. In group B, mongoose-derived HEV sequences were very similar to mongoose HEV previously detected on Okinawa Island, as well as to those of a pig. This investigation emphasized the possibility that the mongoose is a reservoir animal for HEV on Okinawa Island. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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