Epidemiological screening for hepatitis E virus in bile specimens from livestock in northwest China.

ABSTRACT: Hepatitis E has been hypothesized as a zoonosis. However, there is no definite conclusion about which animal species contribute to hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in humans. In this study, HEV RNA was detected only in swine bile specimens and not in bile specimens collected from cattle, goats, or dogs. We postulate that swine are the main animal reservoir for HEV.

SUBMITTER: Shao ZJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2650909 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature