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Seroepidemiology and molecular characterization of hepatitis E virus infection in swine and occupationally exposed workers in Punjab,India 
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下载免费PDF全文 Hepatitis E virus (HEV) has two discrete epidemiological patterns: waterborne epidemics in developing countries only, caused by HEV genotype I, and sporadic zoonotic outbreaks in developing and developed countries caused by genotypes III and IV. This study was designed to investigate seroprevalence, molecular detection and the characterization of HEV by nested RT‐PCR in swine as well as the occupational risk to exposed human population in Punjab state of north‐western India. The occupational risk‐exposed group comprised of swine farmers (organized – mixed feed feeders and unorganized – swill feeders), slaughterhouse workers, sewage workers and veterinary internes. During the study period, blood and faecal samples were collected from 320 swine and 360 humans with both high and low occupational exposure risks. The overall seroprevalence of swine HEV was 65.00%, with a significantly higher seropositivity in growing pigs (2–8 months of age). The prevalence of HEV RNA in swine faecal samples by nRT‐PCR was 8.75% with a significantly higher detection in swill‐fed pigs. With humans in the high occupational exposure risk population, significantly higher anti‐HEV IgG seropositivity was observed (60.48%) as compared to control population (10.71%). Strong evidence of association between human anti‐HEV IgG seropositivity and certain occupational exposure risk groups was observed (p < 0.05). This indicates that unorganized swine farmers, slaughterhouse workers and sewage workers have higher odds of HEV infection in this study region. Percentage of nucleotide similarity between swine and human HEV isolates was less than that found in countries with zoonotic HEV outbreaks. Molecular characterization revealed the circulation of G IV and G I genotypes among swine and human population in Punjab state, respectively. 相似文献
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HEV infection in swine from Eastern Brazilian Amazon: evidence of co-infection by different subtypes
de Souza AJ Gomes-Gouvêa MS Soares Mdo C Pinho JR Malheiros AP Carneiro LA dos Santos DR Pereira WL 《Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases》2012,35(5):477-485
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a fecal-orally transmitted member of the genus Hepevirus that causes acute hepatitis in humans and is widely distributed throughout the world. Pigs have been reported as the main source of genotypes 3 and 4 infection to humans in non-endemic areas. To investigate HEV infection in pigs from different regions of Pará state (Eastern Brazilian Amazon), we performed serological and molecular analyses of serum, fecal and liver samples from 151 adult pigs slaughtered between April and October 2010 in slaughterhouses in the metropolitan region of Belém, Pará. Among the animals tested, 8.6% (13/151) were positive for anti-HEV IgG but not for anti-HEV IgM. HEV RNA was detected in 4.8% (22/453) of the samples analyzed and 9.9% (15/151) of the animals had at least one positive sample. Phylogenetic analysis showed that all sequences belonged to genotype 3 that were related to human isolates from other non-endemic regions, suggesting that the isolates had zoonotic potential. Subtypes 3c and 3f were simultaneously detected in some pigs, suggesting co-infection by more than one strain and/or the presence of a recombinant virus. These results constitute the first molecular and serologic evidence of swine HEV circulation in the Eastern Brazilian Amazon. 相似文献
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Hepatitis E in southern Vietnam: Seroepidemiology in humans and molecular epidemiology in pigs 下载免费PDF全文
下载免费PDF全文 A. Berto H. A. Pham T. T. N. Thao N. H. T. Vy S. L. Caddy R. Hiraide N. T. Tue I. Goodfellow J. J. Carrique‐Mas G. E. Thwaites S. Baker M. F. Boni the VIZIONS consortium 《Zoonoses and public health》2018,65(1):43-50
Viral pathogens account for a significant proportion of the burden of emerging infectious diseases in humans. The Wellcome Trust‐Vietnamese Initiative on Zoonotic Infections (WT‐VIZIONS) is aiming to understand the circulation of viral zoonotic pathogens in animals that pose a potential risk to human health. Evidence suggests that human exposure and infections with hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotypes (GT) 3 and 4 results from zoonotic transmission. Hypothesising that HEV GT3 and GT4 are circulating in the Vietnamese pig population and can be transmitted to humans, we aimed to estimate the seroprevalence of HEV exposure in a population of farmers and the general population. We additionally performed sequence analysis of HEV in pig populations in the same region to address knowledge gaps regarding HEV circulation and to evaluate if pigs were a potential source of HEV exposure. We found a high prevalence of HEV GT3 viral RNA in pigs (19.1% in faecal samples and 8.2% in rectal swabs) and a high HEV seroprevalence in pig farmers (16.0%) and a hospital‐attending population (31.7%) in southern Vietnam. The hospital population was recruited as a general‐population proxy even though this particular population subgroup may introduce bias. The detection of HEV RNA in pigs indicates that HEV may be a zoonotic disease risk in this location, although a larger sample size is required to infer an association between HEV positivity in pigs and seroprevalence in humans. 相似文献
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猪戊型肝炎病毒(Hepatitis E virus,HEV)是导致猪戊型肝炎(HE)的病原体,现在很多国家和地区,如美国、日本、欧洲、中国、中国台湾、印度等都检测出了猪戊型肝炎病毒的抗体,少数国家和地区还有人感染猪戊型肝炎病毒的报道,越来越多的证据表明猪HE是一种人兽共患的传染病。 相似文献
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猪群HEV血清抗体调查及一株新的猪HEV ORF2部分基因序列分析 总被引：5，自引：2，他引：5
戊型肝炎病毒(Hepatitis E virus,HEV)主要引起人的戊型肝炎,新近研究发现猪在病毒传播中可能发挥重要作用.本研究对我国部分省区HEV感染血清学调查,在被检的1 138份血清中,有666份(57.5%)为HEV抗体阳性,猪群抗体阳性率随着月龄增长而升高.通过RT-PCR方法从一份猪粪中扩增并克隆了HEVORF2 N端主要抗原决定区339bp基因片段,序列分析显示,该段基因与我国人群HEV基因4型毒株核苷酸序列同源性为85.9%,但氨基酸序列完全一致.这一结果提示我国猪群存在广泛的HEV感染,并在一定程度上与人群HEV毒株密切相关. 相似文献
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Woo-Jung Park Byung-Joo Park Hee-Seop Ahn Joong-Bok Lee Seung-Yong Park Chang-Seon Song Sang-Won Lee Han-Sang Yoo In-Soo Choi 《Journal of veterinary science (Suw?n-si, Korea)》2016,17(1):1-11
Hepatitis E outbreaks are a serious public health concern in developing countries. The disease causes acute infections, primarily in young adults. The mortality rate is approximately 2%; however, it can exceed 20% in pregnant women in some regions in India. The causative agent, hepatitis E virus (HEV), has been isolated from several animal species, including pigs. HEV genotypes 3 and 4 have been isolated from both humans and animals, and are recognized as zoonotic pathogens. Seroprevalence studies in animals and humans indirectly suggest that HEV infections occur worldwide. The virus is primarily transmitted to humans via undercooked animal meats in developed countries. Moreover, transfusion- and transplantation-mediated HEV infections have recently been reported. This review summarizes the general characteristics of hepatitis E, HEV infection status in animals and humans, the zoonotic transmission modes of HEV, and HEV vaccine development status. 相似文献
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Luca De Sabato Giovanni Ianiro Marina Monini Alessia De Lucia Fabio Ostanello Ilaria Di Bartolo 《Zoonoses and public health》2020,67(1):62-69
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) strains belonging to the Orthohepevirus genus are divided into four species (A–D). HEV strains included in the Orthohepevirus A species infect humans and several other mammals. Among them, the HEV‐3 and HEV‐4 genotypes are zoonotic and infect both humans and animals, of which, pigs and wild boar are the main reservoirs. Viruses belonging to the Orthohepevirus C species (HEV‐C) have been considered to infect rats of different species and carnivores. Recently, two studies reported the detection of HEV‐C1 (rat HEV) RNA in immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients, suggesting a possible transmission of rat HEV to humans. The role of rats and mice as reservoir of HEV and the potential zoonotic transmission is still poorly known and deserves further investigation. To this purpose, in this study, the presence of HEV RNA was investigated in the intestinal contents and liver samples from 47 Black rats (Rattus rattus) and 21 House mice (Mus musculus) captured in four pig farms in Northern Italy. The presence of both Orthohepevirus A and C was investigated by the real‐rime RT‐PCR specific for HEV‐1 to HEV‐4 genotypes of Orthohepevirus A species and by a broad spectrum hemi‐nested RT‐PCR capable of detecting different HEV species including rat HEV. The intestinal content from two Black rats resulted positive for HEV‐C1 RNA and for HEV‐3 RNA, respectively. None of the House mice was HEV RNA positive. Sequence analyses confirmed the detection of HEV‐C1, genotype G1 and HEV‐3 subtype e. The viral strain HEV‐3e detected in the rat was identical to swine HEV strains detected in the same farm. Liver samples were negative for the detection of either rat HEV or HEV‐3. 相似文献
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X.J. Meng 《Veterinary microbiology》2010,140(3-4):256-265
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a small, non-enveloped, single-strand, positive-sense RNA virus of approximately 7.2 kb in size. HEV is classified in the family Hepeviridae consisting of four recognized major genotypes that infect humans and other animals. Genotypes 1 and 2 HEV are restricted to humans and often associated with large outbreaks and epidemics in developing countries with poor sanitation conditions, whereas genotypes 3 and 4 HEV infect humans, pigs and other animal species and are responsible for sporadic cases of hepatitis E in both developing and industrialized countries. The avian HEV associated with Hepatitis-Splenomegaly syndrome in chickens is genetically and antigenically related to mammalian HEV, and likely represents a new genus in the family. There exist three open reading frames in HEV genome: ORF1 encodes non-structural proteins, ORF2 encodes the capsid protein, and the ORF3 encodes a small phosphoprotein. ORF2 and ORF3 are translated from a single bicistronic mRNA, and overlap each other but neither overlaps ORF1. Due to the lack of an efficient cell culture system and a practical animal model for HEV, the mechanisms of HEV replication and pathogenesis are poorly understood. The recent identification and characterization of animal strains of HEV from pigs and chickens and the demonstrated ability of cross-species infection by these animal strains raise potential public health concerns for zoonotic HEV transmission. It has been shown that the genotypes 3 and 4 HEV strains from pigs can infect humans, and vice versa. Accumulating evidence indicated that hepatitis E is a zoonotic disease, and swine and perhaps other animal species are reservoirs for HEV. A vaccine against HEV is not yet available. 相似文献
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Noroviruses (NoVs) and sapoviruses (SaVs) of the family Caliciviridae are emerging enteric pathogens in humans and animals. Recent detection of genogroup II norovirus (GII NoV) RNA from swine raises public health concerns about zoonotic transmission of porcine NoVs to humans. However, few papers reported genotype distributions and epidemiological features in swine farms and their genetic relationship to human strains, which was the objective of our study. This study investigated the epidemiological features and genotypes of caliciviruses in swine farms using 533 pig faecal samples from six farms in central and southern Taiwan, tested for viral RNA using RT-PCR targeting the conserved polymerase gene. NoVs and SaVs were detected with a positive rate of 7.1% and 0.6%, respectively. To confirm the positive rate of NoVs, 255 pig faecal samples from two farms in central Taiwan were tested with primer pairs targeting the partial capsid gene of GII, and 32.3% of the positive rate was found. Furthermore, the results from the capsid region suggested a higher positive rate of 41.7% in winter than 26.4% in summer with statistical significance (P < 0.05). Sequence analysis showed 29 strains belonging to GII.4 (human) and nine strains belonging to GII.11 (swine) identified based on the partial polymerase gene. Additional genotypes clustered with GII.2 (human) and GII.18 (swine) were also characterized based on the partial capsid gene. SaVs detected in porcine faecal samples belonged to genogroup III (GIII), which clustered with the PEC-Cowden strain. Our study demonstrated the presence of multiple genotypes of both human and porcine NoVs infecting swine of various ages asymptomatically. Although the zoonotic potential of detected human NoVs in swine was not conclusive owing to the lack of local human faecal samples, our study revealed the importance of monitoring emerging strains in swine to mitigate the potential impact of recombinant NoVs infecting the human population. 相似文献
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High hepatitis E virus antibody positive rates in dogs and humans exposed to dogs in the south‐west of China 下载免费PDF全文
下载免费PDF全文 Hepatitis E (HE) is a zoonotic viral disease caused by hepatitis E virus (HEV). The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of HEV infection among dogs and humans exposed to dogs in the south‐west region of China. A total of 4,490 dog serum samples and 2,206 relative practitioner serum samples were collected from 18 pet hospitals and dog farms in Yunnan, Sichuan and Guizhou province, and the anti‐HEV IgG antibodies were detected by ELISA. The results showed that the total positive rate of anti‐HEV antibodies was 36.55% with the highest rate in city stray dogs, and the differences in distinct species and growth phases were significant. The positive rate of anti‐HEV antibody in veterinarian and farm staff‐related practitioners was significantly higher than the general population. The finding of the present survey suggested that high HEV seroprevalence in dogs and humans exposed to dogs in the south‐west area of China poses a significant public health concern. It is urgent to improve integrated strategies to detect, prevent and control HEV infection in dogs and humans exposed to dogs in this area. 相似文献
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Hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotype 3 was first identified in swine raised on a Shanghai suburban pig farm in late 2006. To accurately determine the prevalence of HEV infections among Shanghai pig farms, 426 pig fecal samples were collected from 37 pig farms located in all 10 Shanghai suburban districts and tested for the presence of HEV RNA using RT-PCR. Genetic analysis based on an amplified 150-bp ORF2 fragment revealed 111 samples to be HEV positive, and the prevalence of HEV infection within the different districts varied between 0 and 41.7%. Thirty-two samples were sequenced, and phylogenetic analysis indicated that 10 isolates belonged to HEV genotype 4 and were most closely related to 3 human and 2 swine HEV strains, all of which had originally been isolated from Asian countries including Japan and China. The remaining 22 isolates belonged to genotype 3 and were most closely related to a strain of swine HEV, US-SW, isolated from pigs in the United States. Our data indicated that genotype 3 HEV was widespread among suburban Shanghai pig farms although further study is required to determine the source and zoonotic nature of the virus. 相似文献
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dos Santos DR de Paula VS de Oliveira JM Marchevsky RS Pinto MA 《Veterinary microbiology》2011,149(1-2):236-241
Hepatitis E is an infectious disease which virus (HEV) is highly disseminated in swine herd populations. Sporadic acute human hepatitis E cases have been associated to genotype 3 and 4 strains of HEV also reported in swine populations of endemic and non-endemic areas. With the aim to evaluate the incidence of animals with current infection of HEV, 115 bile samples were collected from three slaughterhouses under inspection by Animal Sanitary Protection Agency of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In parallel, effluent samples were collected from six sewage pipe exit sites of two slaughterhouses. HEV RNA was detected in 11 out of 115 (9.6%) bile samples collected and three waste samples from one slaughterhouse. Viral loads observed for bile samples varied from 10(1)-10(5) genome copies/mL and for effluent samples mean load was 10(2) genome copies/mL. Sequencing and phylogenetic analysis classified samples within genotype 3 subtype 3b closely related to the sample obtained from the first reported autochthonous human case and samples from swine of commercial herds in Brazil. Our data demonstrates that although most animals achieve slaughter age (around 20 weeks old) already immune to HEV, a significant number of animals are with current infection at commercial age. Further studies should be addressed to consider risk analysis and possible evaluation of inspection regulations considering food safety measures regarding hepatitis E zoonotic aspect in Brazil. 相似文献
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Marconni Victor da Costa Lana Noemi Rovaris Gardinali Raquel Aparecida Sales da Cruz Letícya Lerner Lopes Gustavo Sousa Silva João Garcia Caramori Júnior Anderson Castro Soares de Oliveira Marcos de Almeida Souza Edson Moleta Colodel Amauri Alcindo Alfieri Caroline Argenta Pescador 《Tropical animal health and production》2014,46(2):399-404
The objectives of this study were to (1) investigate the occurrence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in pigs from large-scale and family-scale farms, (2) genetically characterize the strains isolated, and (3) study the pathogenesis of swine HEV infection via immunohistochemistry. A total of 50 pigs from 10 farms in Mato Grosso State, Brazil were divided according to type of production system into either large-scale farms (n?=?5) or family-scale farms (n?=?5). Samples of liver, gallbladder, small and large intestines, bile, and feces from the pigs were analyzed by nested PCR with primers targeting the ORF2 region of HEV and by immunohistochemistry. Of the eight HEV-positive samples from pigs of family-scale farms, phylogenetic analysis revealed that seven of the swine HEV isolates clustered with subtype 3b of genotype 3 and one isolate was categorized with subtype 3 f. The HEV antigen was detected mainly in the small intestine samples from family-scale farms, suggesting an early stage HEV infection. HEV was not detected in the samples of pigs from large-scale farms, reinforcing the need for additional studies to evaluate the risk of transmission of HEV to humans from pigs from family-scale farms in Mato Grosso State. 相似文献