Detection of Hepatitis E virus in samples of animal origin collected in Hungary

Petra Forgách , Norbert Nowotny , Károly Erdélyi , Attila Boncz , János Zentai , György Szűcs , Gábor Reuter , Tamás Bakonyi

Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) is an enterically transmitted human pathogen. HEV infections are mainly associated with acute, self-limited, icteric hepatitis with an average mortality rate of 1%. Animal reservoirs are considered to play an important role in the maintenance of the virus and in the spread of HEV to humans. HEV-induced seroconversion was described in several species, however clinical hepatitis in animals has not been observed to date. HEV strains from animals are genetically closely related to human HEV isolates, which supports the opinions on the zoonotic transmission of the virus.

Mots clés: viral hepatitis; hepatitis E virus (HEV); zoonosis; RT-PCR; phylogenetic analysis

Petra Forgách, Norbert Nowotny, Károly Erdélyi, Attila Boncz, János Zentai, et al.. Detection of Hepatitis E virus in samples of animal origin collected in Hungary. Veterinary Microbiology, 2010, 143 (2-4), pp.106. ⟨10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.11.004⟩. ⟨hal-00594811⟩