Endemic maintenance of human-related hepatitis E virus strains in synurbic wild boars, Barcelona Metropolitan Area, Spain

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 955; p. 176871
• Main Authors: Ruiz-Ponsell, Laia, Monastiri, Abir, López-Roig, Marc, Sauleda, Sílvia, Bes, Marta, Mentaberre, Gregorio, Escobar-González, María, Costafreda, Maria I., López-Olvera, Jorge R., Serra-Cobo, Jordi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 10.12.2024
• Subjects: Animals; Feces - virology; Genotype; Hepatitis E - epidemiology; Hepatitis E - veterinary; Hepatitis E - virology; Hepatitis E virus - genetics; Hepatitis E virus - isolation & purification; HEV; Humans; One health; Phylogeny; Public health; Spain; Sus scrofa; Swine; Swine Diseases - epidemiology; Swine Diseases - virology; Synurbization; Zoonoses - virology; Zoonosis; Spain; HEV; Synurbization; One health; Zoonosis; Sus scrofa; Public health

Hepatitis E virus (HEV), shared by humans, domestic animals, and wildlife, is an emerging global public health threat. Because wild boars are a major reservoir of HEV, the new zoonotic interfaces resulting from wild boar population increase and synurbization significantly contribute to increasing th...