Hepatitis E Virus Infections in Free-Ranging and Captive Cetaceans, Spain, 2011-2022

Epidemiologic surveillance of hepatitis E virus in over 300 free-ranging and captive cetaceans in waters off Spain revealed extensive exposure to this pathogen. We suggest the persistent and widespread presence of hepatitis E in the marine environment off the coast of Spain may be driven by terrestr...

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Published inEmerging infectious diseases Vol. 28; no. 12; pp. 2543 - 2547
Main Authors Caballero-Gómez, Javier, Rivero-Juarez, Antonio, Beato-Benítez, Adrián, Fernández-Maldonado, Carolina, Domingo, Mariano, García-Párraga, Daniel, Fernández, Antonio, Sierra, Eva, Ulrich, Rainer G, Martínez-Nevado, Eva, Sierra-Arqueros, Cecilia, Canales-Merino, Rocío, Rivero, Antonio, García-Bocanegra, Ignacio
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.12.2022
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subjects
Animals
Antibodies
Cetacea
cetaceans
Diseases
Dispatch
Dolphins & porpoises
Epidemiology
Food contamination & poisoning
Genotype & phenotype
Hepatitis
Hepatitis E
Hepatitis E - epidemiology
Hepatitis E - veterinary
hepatitis E virus
Hepatitis E virus - genetics
Hepatitis E Virus Infections in Free-Ranging and Captive Cetaceans, Spain, 2011–2022
Humans
Hypotheses
Infections
Marine environment
Parks & recreation areas
Risk factors
Serology
Shellfish
Spain
Spain - epidemiology
Statistics
Viruses
Zoonoses
Zoos
Spain
Europe
zoonoses
Hepatitis E
hepatitis E virus
viruses
cetaceans
Spain
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Summary:Epidemiologic surveillance of hepatitis E virus in over 300 free-ranging and captive cetaceans in waters off Spain revealed extensive exposure to this pathogen. We suggest the persistent and widespread presence of hepatitis E in the marine environment off the coast of Spain may be driven by terrestrial sources of contamination.
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ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2812.221188