Detection and genetic characterization of hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotype 3 subtype c in wild boars in Italy

Archives of Virology

Volumn 161, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2829-2834

  Di Profio, Federica ^a   Melegari, Irene ^a   Sarchese, Vittorio ^a   Robetto, Serena ^b   Marruchella, Giuseppe ^a   Bona, Maria Cristina ^b   Orusa, Riccardo ^b   Martella, Vito ^c   Marsilio, Fulvio ^a   Di Martino, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b LIGURIA E VALLE D AOSTA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PIG; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SWINE DISEASES; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAPSID PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FECES; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; ITALY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84978100371     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-016-2964-y     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Smith DB, Simmonds P, Jameel S, Emerson SU, Harrison TJ, Meng XJ, Okamoto H, Van der Poel, WHM, Purdy MA, International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses Hepeviridae Study Group (2014) Consensus proposals for classification of the family Hepeviridae. J Gen Virol 95:2223–2232
2. Kumar S, Subhadra S, Singh B, Panda BK (2013) Hepatitis E virus: the current scenario. Int J Infect Dis 17:e228–e233
3. Cao D, Meng XJ (2012) Molecular biology and replication of hepatitis E virus. Emerg Microbes Infect 1:e17
4. Kamar N, Bendall R, Legrand-Abravanel F, Xia NS, Ijaz S, Izopet J, Dalton HR (2012) Hepatitis E. Lancet 379:2477–2488
5. Meng XJ, Halbur PG, Shapiro MS, Govindarajan S, Bruna JD, Mushahwar IK, Purcell RH, Emerson SU (1998) Genetic and experimental evidence for cross-species infection by swine hepatitis E virus. J Virol 72:9714–9721
6. Wang Y, Ling R, Erker JC, Zhang H, Li H, Desai S, Mushahwar IK, Harrison TJ (1999) A divergent genotype of hepatitis E virus in Chinese patients with acute hepatitis. J Gen Virol 80:169–177
7. Serracca L, Battistini R, Rossini I, Mignone W, Peletto S, Boin C, Pistone G, Ercolini R, Ercolini C (2015) Molecular investigation on the presence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in wild game in North-Western Italy. Food Environ Virol 7:206–212
8. Caruso C, Modesto P, Bertolini S, Peletto S, Acutis PL, Dondo A, Robetto S, Mignone W, Orusa R, Ru G, Masoero L (2015) Serological and virological survey of hepatitis E virus in wild boar populations in northwestern Italy: detection of HEV subtypes 3e and 3f. Arch Virol 160:153–160
9. Martelli F, Caprioli A, Zengarini M, Marata A, Fiegna C, Di Bartolo I, Ruggeri FM, Delogu M, Ostanello F (2008) Detection of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in a demographic managed wild boar (Sus scrofa scrofa) population in Italy. Vet Microbiol 126:74–81
10. Mazzei M, Nardini R, Verin R, Forzan M, Poli A, Tolari F (2015) Serologic and molecular survey for hepatitis E virus in wild boar (Sus scrofa) in Central Italy. New Microbes New Infect 7:41–47
11. Montagnaro S, De Martinis C, Sasso S, Ciarcia R, Damiano S, Auletta L, Iovane V, Zottola T, Pagnini U (2015) Viral and antibody prevalence of hepatitis E in European wild boars (Sus scrofa) and hunters at zoonotic risk in the Latium region. J Comp Pathol 153:1–8
12. Schielke A, Sachs K, Lierz M, Appel B, Jansen A, Johne R (2009) Detection of hepatitis E virus in wild boars of rural and urban regions in Germany and whole genome characterization of an endemic strain. Virol J 6:58
13. Johne R, Reetz J, Ulrich RG, Machnowska P, Sachsenröder J, Nickel P, Hofmann J (2014) An ORF1-rearranged hepatitis E virus derived from a chronically infected patient efficiently replicates in cell culture. J Viral Hepat 21:447–456
14. Smith DB, Simmonds P, Izopet J, Oliveira-Filho EF, Ulrich RG, Johne R, Koenig M, Jameel S, Harrison TJ, Meng XJ, Okamoto H, van der Poel WH, Purdy MA (2016) Proposed reference sequences for hepatitis E virus subtypes. J Gen Virol 97:537–542
15. Smith DB, Ijaz S, Tedder RS, Hogema B, Zaaijer HL, Izopet J, Bradley-Stewart A, Gunson R, Harvala H, Kokki I, Simmonds P (2015) Variability and pathogenicity of hepatitis E virus genotype 3 variants. J Gen Virol 96:3255–3264
16. Moal V, Gérolami R, Ferretti A, Purgus R, Devichi P, Burtey S, Colson P (2014) Hepatitis E virus of subtype 3i in chronically infected kidney transplant recipients in southeastern France. J Clin Microbiol 52:3967–3972
17. Di Martino B, Di Profio F, Martella V, Di Felice E, Di Francesco CE, Ceci C, Marsilio F (2010) Detection of hepatitis E virus in slaughtered pigs in Italy. Arch Virol 155:103–106
18. Di Bartolo I, Ponterio E, Castellini L, Ostanello F, Ruggeri FM (2011) Viral and antibody HEV prevalence in swine at slaughterhouse in Italy. Vet Microbiol 149:330–338
19. Garbuglia AR, Alessandrini AI, Pavio N, Tessé S, Grignolo S, Viscoli C, Lapa D, Capobianchi MR (2015) Male patient with acute hepatitis E in Genoa, Italy: figatelli (pork liver sausage) as probable source of the infection. Clin Microbiol Infect 21:e4–e6
20. Pavio N, Merbah T, Thébault A (2014) Frequent hepatitis E virus contamination in food containing raw pork liver, France. Emerg Infect Dis 20:1925–1927
21. Johne R, Plenge-Bönig A, Hess M, Ulrich RG, Reetz J, Schielke A (2010) Detection of a novel hepatitis E-like virus in faeces of wild rats using a nested broad-spectrum RT-PCR. J Gen Virol 91:750–758