Egg whites from eggs of chickens infected experimentally with avian hepatitis E virus contain infectious virus, but evidence of complete vertical transmission is lacking

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1532-1537

  Guo, H ^a   Zhou, E M ^a,c   Sun, Z F ^b   Meng, X J ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c HEILONGJIANG AUGUST FIRST LAND RECLAMATION UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG WHITE;

ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; HATCHING; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BILE; BIRD DISEASES; BLOOD; CHICKENS; EGG WHITE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, ANIMAL; HEPEVIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL LOAD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; AVIAN HEPATITIS E VIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 34248212371     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.82689-0     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Amon, J. J., Drobeniuc, J., Bower, W. A., Magana, J. C., Escobedo, M. A., Williams, I. T., Bell, B. P. & Armstrong, G. L. (2006). Locally acquired hepatitis E virus infection, El Paso, Texas. J Med Virol 78, 741-746.
2. Billam, P., Huang, F. F., Sun, Z. F., Pierson, F. W., Duncan, R. B., Elvinger, F., Guenette, D. K., Toth, T. E. & Meng, X. J. (2005). Systematic pathogenesis and replication of avian hepatitis E virus in specific-pathogen-free adult chickens. J Virol 79, 3429-3437.
3. Doorduyn, Y., Van Den Brandhof, W. E., Van Duynhoven, Y. T., Wannet, W. J. & Van Pelt, W. (2006). Risk factors for Salmonella Enteritidis and Typhimurium (DT104 and non-DT104) infections in The Netherlands: predominant roles for raw eggs in Enteritidis and sandboxes in Typhimurium infections. Epidemiol Infect 134, 617-626.
4. Emerson, S. U. & Purcell, R. H. (2003). Hepatitis E virus. Rev Med Virol 13, 145-154.
5. Favorov, M. O., Kosoy, M. Y., Tsarev, S. A., Childs, J. E. & Margolis, H. S. (2000). Prevalence of antibody to hepatitis E virus among rodents in the United States. J Infect Dis 181, 449-455.
6. Fein, S., Levy, A. & Lando, A. (2002). Food Safety Survey: Summary of Major Trends in Food Handling Practices and Consumption of Potentially Risky Foods. http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fssurvey.html
7. Guo, H., Zhou, E. M., Sun, Z. F. & Meng, X. J. (2006a). Protection of chickens against avian hepatitis E virus (avian HEV) infection by immunization with recombinant avian HEV capsid protein. Vaccine (in press). doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.09.038
8. Guo, H., Zhou, E. M., Sun, Z. F., Meng, X. J. & Halbur, P. G. (2006b). Identification of B-cell epitopes in the capsid protein of avian hepatitis E virus (avian HEV) that are common to human and swine HEVs or unique to avian HEV. J Gen Virol 87, 217-223.
9. Halbur, P. G., Kasorndorkbua, C., Gilbert, C., Guenette, D. K., Potters, M. B., Purcell, R. H., Emerson, S. U., Toth, T. E. & Meng, X. J. (2001). Comparative pathogenesis of infection of pigs with hepatitis E viruses recovered from a pig and a human. J Clin Microbiol 39, 918-923.
10. Haqshenas, G., Shivaprasad, H. L., Woolcock, P. R., Read, D. H. & Meng, X. J. (2001). Genetic identification and characterization of a novel virus related to human hepatitis E virus from chickens with hepatitis-splenomegaly syndrome in the United States. J Gen Virol 82, 2449-2462.
11. Haqshenas, G., Huang, F. F., Fenaux, M., Guenette, D. K., Pierson, F. W., Larsen, C. T., Shivaprasad, H. L., Toth, T. E. & Meng, X. J. (2002). The putative capsid protein of the newly identified avian hepatitis E virus shares antigenic epitopes with that of swine and human hepatitis E viruses and chicken big liver and spleen disease virus. J Gen Virol 83, 2201-2209.
12. Huang, F. F., Haqshenas, G., Shivaprasad, H. L., Guenette, D. K., Woolcock, P. R., Larsen, C. T., Pierson, F. W., Elvinger, F., Toth, T. E. & Meng, X. J. (2002). Heterogeneity and seroprevalence of a newly identified avian hepatitis E virus from chickens in the United States. J Clin Microbiol 40, 4197-4202.
13. Huang, F. F., Sun, Z. F., Emerson, S. U., Purcell, R. H., Shivaprasad, H. L., Pierson, F. W., Toth, T. E. & Meng, X. J. (2004). Determination and analysis of the complete genomic sequence of avian hepatitis E virus (avian HEV) and attempts to infect rhesus monkeys with avian HEV. J Gen Virol 85, 1609-1618.
14. Kasorndorkbua, C., Thacker, B. J., Halbur, P. G., Guenette, D. K., Buitenwert, R. M., Royer, R. L. & Meng, X. J. (2003). Experimental infection of pregnant gilts with swine hepatitis E virus. Can J Vet Res 67, 303-306.
15. Khuroo, M. S., Kamili, S. & Jameel, S. (1995). Vertical transmission of hepatitis E virus. Lancet 345, 1025-1026.
16. Kumar, R. M., Uduman, S., Rana, S., Kochiyil, J. K., Usmani, A. & Thomas, L. (2001). Sero-prevalence and mother-to-infant transmission of hepatitis E virus among pregnant women in the United Arab Emirates. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 100, 9-15.
17. Kumar, A., Beniwal, M., Kar, P., Sharma, J. B. & Murthy, N. S. (2004). Hepatitis E in pregnancy. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 85, 240-244.
18. Lievonen, S., Havulinna, A. S. & Maiala, R. (2004). Egg consumption patterns and Salmonella risk in Finland. J Food Prot 67, 2416-2423.
19. Mansuy, J. M., Peron, J. M., Abravanel, F., Poirson, H., Dubois, M., Miedouge, M., Vischi, F., Alric, L., Vinel, J. P. & Izopet, J. (2004). Hepatitis E in the south west of France in individuals who have never visited an endemic area. J Med Virol 74, 419-424.
20. Mazurek, J., Holbert, L., Parrish, M. K. & Salehi, E. (2005). Raw eggs - lessons learned from an outbreak of Salmonella serotype enteritidis infections associated with meringue pie. J Public Health Manag Pract 11, 201-207.
21. McNally, L. (2006). Avian Bird Flu and Our Food. http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/ nutrition_8759_ENU_HTML.htm
22. Meng, X. J. (2005). Hepatitis E as a zoonosis. In Viral Hepatitis, 3rd edn, pp. 611-623. Edited by H. Thomas, S. Lemon & A. Zuckermann. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing.
23. Meng, X. J., Purcell, R. H., Halbur, P. G., Lehman, J. R., Webb, D. M., Tsareva, T. S., Haynes, J. S., Thacker, B. J. & Emerson, S. U. (1997). A novel virus in swine is closely related to the human hepatitis E virus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 94, 9860-9865.
24. Meng, X. J., Halbur, P. G., Shapiro, M. S., Govindarajan, S., Bruna, J. D., Mushahwar, I. K., Purcell, R. H. & Emerson, S. U. (1998a). Genetic and experimental evidence for cross-species infection by swine hepatitis E virus. J Virol 72, 9714-9721.
25. Meng, X. J., Halbur, P. G., Haynes, J. S., Tsareva, T. S., Bruna, J. D., Royer, R. L., Purcell, R. H. & Emerson, S. U. (1998b). Experimental infection of pigs with the newly identified swine hepatitis E virus (swine HEV), but not with human strains of HEV. Arch Virol 143, 1405-1415.
26. Meng, X. J., Wiseman, B., Elvinger, F., Guenette, D. K., Toth, T. E., Engle, R. E., Emerson, S. U. & Purcell, R. H. (2002). Prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis E virus in veterinarians working with swine and in normal blood donors in the United States and other countries. J Clin Microbiol 40, 117-122.
27. Meng, X. J., Haqshenas, G. & Huang, F. F. (2006). Avian hepatitis E virus, vaccines and methods of protecting against avian hepatitis-splenomegaly syndrome and mammalian hepatitis E. US Patent no. 7 005 130.
28. Mizuo, H., Yazaki, Y., Sugawara, K., Tsuda, F., Takahashi, M., Nishizawa, T. & Okamoto, H. (2005). Possible risk factors for the transmission of hepatitis E virus and for the severe form of hepatitis E acquired locally in Hokkaido, Japan. J Med Virol 76, 341-349.
29. Nishizawa, T., Takahashi, M., Endo, K., Fujiwara, S., Sakuma, N., Kawazuma, F., Sakamoto, H., Sato, Y., Bando, M. & Okamoto, H. (2005). Analysis of the full-length genome of hepatitis E virus isolates obtained from wild boars in Japan. J Gen Virol 86, 3321-3326.
30. Purcell, R. H. & Emerson, S. U. (2001). Hepatitis E virus. In Fields Virology, 4th edn, pp. 3051-3061. Edited by D. M. Knipe & P. M. Howley. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
31. Purcell, R. H. & Emerson, S. U. (2004). Hepatitis E virus. In Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 6th edn, pp. 2204-2217. Edited by G. L. Mandell, J. E. Bennett & R. Dolin. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone.
32. Sadler, G. J., Mells, G. F., Shah, N. H., Chesner, I. M. & Walt, R. P. (2006). UK acquired hepatitis E - An emerging problem? J Med Virol 78, 473-475.
33. Shiferaw, B., Yang, S., Cieslak, P., Vugia, D., Marcus, R., Koehler, J., Deneen, V. & Angulo, F. (2000). Prevalence of high-risk food consumption and food-handling practices among adults: a multistate survey, 1996 to 1997. The Foodnet Working Group. J Food Prot 63, 1538-1543.
34. Shivaprasad, H. L. & Woolcock, P. R. (1995). Necrohemorrhagic hepatitis in broiler breeders. In Proceedings of Western Poultry Diseases Conference, p. 6. Sacramento, CA, USA.
35. Sin, J., Quigley, C. & Davies, M. (2000). Survey of raw egg use by home caterers. Commun Dis Public Health 3, 90-94.
36. Sun, Z. F., Larsen, C. T., Huang, F. F., Billam, P., Pierson, F. W., Toth, T. E. & Meng, X. J. (2004). Generation and infectivity titration of an infectious stock of avian hepatitis E virus (HEV) in chickens and cross-species infection of turkeys with avian HEV. J Clin Microbiol 42, 2658-2662.
37. Takahashi, K., Kitajima, N., Abe, N. & Mishiro, S. (2004). Complete or near-complete nucleotide sequences of hepatitis E virus genome recovered from a wild boar, a deer, and four patients who ate the deer. Virology 330, 501-505.
38. Tien, N. T., Clayson, H. T., Khiem, H. B., Sac, P. K., Corwin, A. L., Myint, K. S. & Vaughn, D. W. (1997). Detection of immunoglobulin G to the hepatitis E virus among several animal species in Vietnam. Am J Trop Med Hyg 57, 211.
39. Tsarev, S. A., Tsareva, T. S., Emerson, S. U., Rippy, M. K., Zack, P., Shapiro, M. & Purcell, R. H. (1995). Experimental hepatitis E in pregnant rhesus monkeys: failure to transmit hepatitis E virus (HEV) to offspring and evidence of naturally acquired antibodies to HEV. J Infect Dis 172, 31-37.
40. Yang, S., Leff, M. G., McTague, D., Horvath, K. A., Jackson-Thompson, J., Murayi, T., Boeselager, G. K., Melnik, T. A., Gildemaster, M. C. & other authors (1998). Multistate surveillance for food-handling, preparation, and consumption behaviors associated with foodborne diseases: 1995 and 1996 BRFSS food-safety questions. MMWR CDC Surveill Summ 47, 33-57.
41. Yazaki, Y., Mizuo, H., Takahashi, M., Nishizawa, T., Sasaki, N., Gotanda, Y. & Okamoto, H. (2003). Sporadic acute or fulminant hepatitis E in Hokkaido, Japan, may be food-borne, as suggested by the presence of hepatitis E virus in pig liver as food. J Gen Virol 84, 2351-2357.
42. Zheng, Y., Ge, S., Zhang, J., Guo, Q., Ng, M. H., Wang, F., Xia, N. & Jian, Q. (2006). Swine as a principal reservoir of hepatitis E virus that infects humans in eastern China. J Infect Dis 193, 1643-1649.