| high prevalence of rat hepatitis e virus in wild rats in china. | serum samples from a total of 713 wild rats captured in zhanjiang city in china from december 2011 to september 2012 were investigated for the prevalence of rat hepatitis e virus (hev) by exploring rat hev-specific antibodies and rna. by an elisa based on recombinant rat hev-like particles (hev-lps), 23.3% (166/713) of the rats were positive for anti-hev igg, and 8.3% (59/713) were positive for anti-hev igm. the igg-positive rates in rattus norvegicus, bandicota indica, rattus flavipectus, rattu ... | 2013 | 23623690 |
| detection and characterization of three zoonotic viruses in wild rodents and shrews from shenzhen city, china. | diverse species of rodents and shrews, which are abundant worldwide, harbor a variety of viruses; some of these are closely related to human viruses and possess zoonotic potential. previously studies have demonstrated that the mammarenavirus and hantavirus carried by rodents or shrews could cause diseases in human population. to determine the distribution of zoonotic viruses in shenzhen city, the major city in southern china with a high population density, we analyzed 225 rodents (rattus norvegi ... | 2017 | 28721632 |