Prevalence and genotype/subtype distribution of hepatitis E virus (HEV) among wild boars in Japan: Identification of a genotype 5 HEV strain

• Published in: Virus research Vol. 287; p. 198106
• Main Authors: Takahashi, Masaharu, Nishizawa, Tsutomu, Sato, Yukihiro, Miyazaki, Shinichi, Aikawa, Tatsuya, Ashida, Kozo, Tamaru, Tomoko, Oguro, Kunihiko, Hayakawa, Fumihiro, Matsuoka, Hiroyuki, Ozaki, Hideaki, Kodera, Yuuji, Irokawa, Masahiko, Hirose, Hideo, Nagashima, Shigeo, Kawakami, Manri, Mizuo, Hitoshi, Okamoto, Hiroaki, Murata, Kazumoto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 02.10.2020
• Subjects: boars; Cluster infection; genetic similarity; genome; genotype; Genotype 5; hepatitis E; Hepatitis E virus; human diseases; immunoglobulin G; Japan; nucleotide sequences; Orthohepevirus A; progeny; RNA; Sus scrofa; Wild boar; wild boars; Japan; Cluster infection; Genotype 5; Hepatitis E virus; Wild boar

•Among 1880 wild boars captured in Japan during 2013–2019, 74 boars had HEV RNA.•Strains were classified into HEV-3 (3a/3b) (n = 50), HEV-4 (4i) (n = 23) and HEV-5 (n = 1).•wbJGF_19-1 shared 92.7 % identity with the prototype HEV-5 over the entire genome.•Genetically similar strains were identified...