Quantification of domestic cat hepadnavirus DNA in various body fluid specimens of cats: the potential viral shedding routes.

ABSTRACT: Domestic cat hepadnavirus (DCH) belongs to the Hepadnaviridae family together with human hepatitis B virus (HBV) that remains to be a major health problem worldwide. The transmission of HBV infectious virion has been one of the essential factors that contribute to high number of HBV infection in humans. It has been long known that various body fluid specimens of human with chronic HBV infection contain HBV DNA and demonstrated to be infectious. In contrast to this knowledge, the detection of DCH in various body fluid specimens of cats, has not been reported. This study explored the detection of DCH DNA in various body fluid specimens of cats by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and investigated whether the detection of DCH DNA from broader routes was correlated with any

SUBMITTER: Wardhani SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10507184 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature