Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) Spreads from Pigs and Sheep in Mongolia

• Published in: Animals Vol. 13; no. 5; p. 891
• Main Authors: Batmagnai, Enkhbaatar, Boldbaatar, Bazartseren, Sodbayasgalan, Amarbayasgalan, Kato-Mori, Yuko, Hagiwara, Katsuro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 01.03.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Analysis; Antibodies; Case studies; cattle; deer; Feces; Food contamination & poisoning; genotype; Health care; Hepatitis; Hepatitis E; Hogs; Infection; Infections; Laboratories; Liver; Livestock; Livestock farms; livestock husbandry; longitudinal studies; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Mongolia; nomadic people; Orthohepevirus A; phylogenetic analysis; Phylogenetics; pig; Polymerase chain reaction; pork; prevalence; public health; QL1-991; RNA; Sample size; sequence analysis; SF600-1100; Sheep; Software; Swine; Veterinary medicine; viruses; Zoology; Zoonoses; Asia; Japan; China; Germany; Mongolia; United States > US; hepatitis E; prevalence; Mongolia; phylogenetic analysis; sheep; pig

Hepatitis E is a viral infectious disease in pigs, wild boars, cows, deer, rabbits, camels, and humans as hosts caused by Paslahepevirus. Recently, it has been detected in a wide variety of animals including domestic small ruminants. Mongolia is a land of nomadic people living with livestock such as...