| seroprevalence and risk factors associated with hepatitis e virus infection in three species of pet birds in northwest china. | hepatitis e virus (hev), the causative agent of hepatitis e, has been reported in a wide variety of animals, including birds, but little is known of hev infection in pet birds in northwest china. the objective of the present investigation was to examine hev seroprevalence in three species of pet birds, namely, eurasian siskin, oriental skylark, and black-tailed grosbeak from gansu. serum samples collected from 685 pet birds from august 2011 to september 2012 were examined independently for the p ... | 2014 | 25530995 |
| risk of zoonotic transmission of hev from rabbits. | hepatitis e virus strains from rabbits indicate that these mammals may be a reservoir for hevs that cause infection in humans. further issues remain to be clarified, including whether the genotype of rabbit hev differs from human and swine hev genotype 3 and whether rabbit hev can infect human and other animals. hev was found in farmed rabbits in several geographic areas of china, in usa and more recently in france. the prevalence of antibodies against hev was 36%, 57% and 55% in rabbits from vi ... | 2013 | 23474012 |
| seroprevalence and distribution of hepatitis e virus in various ethnic groups in gansu province, china. | gansu province is located in northwestern china and is home to 45 ethnic groups including han, hui, zang and others. different ethnic groups have varying involvement with livestock and meat consumption, especially pork. to investigate the prevalence of hepatitis e virus (hev) infection and the distribution of hev genotypes among the major ethnic groups in gansu province, 2090 serum samples were collected from individuals from four regions and three ethnic groups, the han, hui and zang. all serum ... | 2010 | 20398803 |
| a novel genotype of hepatitis e virus prevalent among farmed rabbits in china. | in total, 335 serum samples were collected from rabbits from two farms in gansu province, china, and tested for anti-hepatitis e virus (hev) antibody using eia and for hev rna using nested rt- pcr with orf2 primers. the overall prevalence of anti-hev antibody and hev rna was 57.0% (191/335) and 7.5% (25/335), respectively. the positivity rate of hev rna in the anti-hev antibody negative group (7.6% (11/144)) did not differ significantly from that in the positive group (7.3% (14/191)). the concor ... | 2009 | 19551838 |