Prevalence of anti-HEV among swine, sheep and chickens.
- Author:
Yong-hong ZHU
1
;
Yan-feng CHEN
;
Rong-lan TANG
;
Da-hong TU
;
You-chun WANG
;
Hui ZHUANG
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Animals; Antibodies, Viral; Chickens; China; epidemiology; Hepatitis Antibodies; blood; Hepatitis E; epidemiology; veterinary; Hepatitis E virus; immunology; Poultry Diseases; epidemiology; virology; Prevalence; Sheep; Sheep Diseases; epidemiology; virology; Swine; Swine Diseases; epidemiology; virology
- From: Chinese Journal of Experimental and Clinical Virology 2004;18(2):127-128
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUNDTo investigate the prevalence of anti-HEV among swine, sheep and chickens.
METHODSTotally 498 sera of swine, sheep and chickens collected from Xingjiang, Guangxi, Guangdong, Beijing and Hebei were detected for the anti-HEV by an enzyme linked immunoassay.
RESULTSThe anti-HEV positive rate of swine was 67.53%(104/154), in pigs between 4-5 months of age the rate was 100.00%(9/9) from Xingjiang. The rate in pigs under 3 months of age from Guangxi was 36.00%(9/25) and in pigs older than six months of age was 71.67% (86/120), respectively. The 108 sera of sheep collected from Xingjiang were all negative. The positive rate of chickens was only 1.27% (3/236). The anti-HEV prevalence rates of chickens from Luoding, Shenzhen, Liuzhou, Beijing and Hebei were 4.00%, 1.49%, 1.49%, 0, 0 respectively.
CONCLUSIONHEV infection does exist among swine and chickens. The anti-HEV prevalence of swine was the highest among domestic animals. The role of swine and chickens in transmission of HEV needs to be further studied.
