Serological evidence of hepatitis E virus infection in different animal species from the Southeast of Brazil
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Resumo: | Serological evidence of hepatitis E virus infection (HEV) has been observed in both humans and different animal species living in non-endemic areas, suggesting that animals could be important reservoir for virus transmission to man. Antibodies to HEV have been detected in some Brazilian population groups. Nevertheless, sporadic cases of acute HEV infection have never been reported. We collected 271 serum samples from several domestic animals and also from pig handlers from Southeast of Brazil in order to investigate the seroprevalence of HEV infection. Anti-HEV IgG was detected in cows (1.42%), dogs (6.97%), chickens (20%), swines (24.3%), and rodents (50%), as well as in pig handlers (6.3%). The recognition of swine HEV infections in pigs in many countries of the world led us to investigate a larger sample of pigs (n = 357) from the same Brazilian region with ages ranging from 1 to > 25 weeks. IgG anti-HEV was detected in 100% of 7-day old pigs. Following a gradual decline between weeks 2 and 8 (probably due to loss of maternal IgG), the prevalence then steady increased until it reached 97.3% of animals older than 25 weeks. Besides the detection of anti-HEV antibodies in different animal species, the results showed that swine HEV infection seems to be almost universal within this Brazilian pig population. This is the first report that shows evidences of HEV circulation in Brazilian animal species and pig handlers. |
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Serological evidence of hepatitis E virus infection in different animal species from the Southeast of Brazilanti-hepatitis E virusanimal reservoirswineBrazilSerological evidence of hepatitis E virus infection (HEV) has been observed in both humans and different animal species living in non-endemic areas, suggesting that animals could be important reservoir for virus transmission to man. Antibodies to HEV have been detected in some Brazilian population groups. Nevertheless, sporadic cases of acute HEV infection have never been reported. We collected 271 serum samples from several domestic animals and also from pig handlers from Southeast of Brazil in order to investigate the seroprevalence of HEV infection. Anti-HEV IgG was detected in cows (1.42%), dogs (6.97%), chickens (20%), swines (24.3%), and rodents (50%), as well as in pig handlers (6.3%). The recognition of swine HEV infections in pigs in many countries of the world led us to investigate a larger sample of pigs (n = 357) from the same Brazilian region with ages ranging from 1 to > 25 weeks. IgG anti-HEV was detected in 100% of 7-day old pigs. Following a gradual decline between weeks 2 and 8 (probably due to loss of maternal IgG), the prevalence then steady increased until it reached 97.3% of animals older than 25 weeks. Besides the detection of anti-HEV antibodies in different animal species, the results showed that swine HEV infection seems to be almost universal within this Brazilian pig population. This is the first report that shows evidences of HEV circulation in Brazilian animal species and pig handlers.Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde2005-04-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762005000200003Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz v.100 n.2 2005reponame:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruzinstname:Fundação Oswaldo Cruzinstacron:FIOCRUZ10.1590/S0074-02762005000200003info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessVitral,Cláudia LPinto,Marcelo ALewis-Ximenez,Lia LKhudyakov,Yuri ESantos,Débora R dosGaspar,Ana Maria Ceng2020-04-25T17:49:23Zhttp://www.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php0074-02761678-8060opendoar:null2020-04-26 02:13:02.833Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - Fundação Oswaldo Cruztrue |
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Serological evidence of hepatitis E virus infection in different animal species from the Southeast of Brazil |
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Serological evidence of hepatitis E virus infection in different animal species from the Southeast of Brazil |
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Serological evidence of hepatitis E virus infection in different animal species from the Southeast of Brazil Vitral,Cláudia L anti-hepatitis E virus animal reservoir swine Brazil |
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Serological evidence of hepatitis E virus infection in different animal species from the Southeast of Brazil |
title_full |
Serological evidence of hepatitis E virus infection in different animal species from the Southeast of Brazil |
title_fullStr |
Serological evidence of hepatitis E virus infection in different animal species from the Southeast of Brazil |
title_full_unstemmed |
Serological evidence of hepatitis E virus infection in different animal species from the Southeast of Brazil |
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Serological evidence of hepatitis E virus infection in different animal species from the Southeast of Brazil |
author |
Vitral,Cláudia L |
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Vitral,Cláudia L Pinto,Marcelo A Lewis-Ximenez,Lia L Khudyakov,Yuri E Santos,Débora R dos Gaspar,Ana Maria C |
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author |
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Pinto,Marcelo A Lewis-Ximenez,Lia L Khudyakov,Yuri E Santos,Débora R dos Gaspar,Ana Maria C |
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Vitral,Cláudia L Pinto,Marcelo A Lewis-Ximenez,Lia L Khudyakov,Yuri E Santos,Débora R dos Gaspar,Ana Maria C |
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anti-hepatitis E virus animal reservoir swine Brazil |
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anti-hepatitis E virus animal reservoir swine Brazil |
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Serological evidence of hepatitis E virus infection (HEV) has been observed in both humans and different animal species living in non-endemic areas, suggesting that animals could be important reservoir for virus transmission to man. Antibodies to HEV have been detected in some Brazilian population groups. Nevertheless, sporadic cases of acute HEV infection have never been reported. We collected 271 serum samples from several domestic animals and also from pig handlers from Southeast of Brazil in order to investigate the seroprevalence of HEV infection. Anti-HEV IgG was detected in cows (1.42%), dogs (6.97%), chickens (20%), swines (24.3%), and rodents (50%), as well as in pig handlers (6.3%). The recognition of swine HEV infections in pigs in many countries of the world led us to investigate a larger sample of pigs (n = 357) from the same Brazilian region with ages ranging from 1 to > 25 weeks. IgG anti-HEV was detected in 100% of 7-day old pigs. Following a gradual decline between weeks 2 and 8 (probably due to loss of maternal IgG), the prevalence then steady increased until it reached 97.3% of animals older than 25 weeks. Besides the detection of anti-HEV antibodies in different animal species, the results showed that swine HEV infection seems to be almost universal within this Brazilian pig population. This is the first report that shows evidences of HEV circulation in Brazilian animal species and pig handlers. |
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Serological evidence of hepatitis E virus infection (HEV) has been observed in both humans and different animal species living in non-endemic areas, suggesting that animals could be important reservoir for virus transmission to man. Antibodies to HEV have been detected in some Brazilian population groups. Nevertheless, sporadic cases of acute HEV infection have never been reported. We collected 271 serum samples from several domestic animals and also from pig handlers from Southeast of Brazil in order to investigate the seroprevalence of HEV infection. Anti-HEV IgG was detected in cows (1.42%), dogs (6.97%), chickens (20%), swines (24.3%), and rodents (50%), as well as in pig handlers (6.3%). The recognition of swine HEV infections in pigs in many countries of the world led us to investigate a larger sample of pigs (n = 357) from the same Brazilian region with ages ranging from 1 to > 25 weeks. IgG anti-HEV was detected in 100% of 7-day old pigs. Following a gradual decline between weeks 2 and 8 (probably due to loss of maternal IgG), the prevalence then steady increased until it reached 97.3% of animals older than 25 weeks. Besides the detection of anti-HEV antibodies in different animal species, the results showed that swine HEV infection seems to be almost universal within this Brazilian pig population. This is the first report that shows evidences of HEV circulation in Brazilian animal species and pig handlers. |
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