Near full-length genome analysis of HEV 4b subtype in pigs showed a similarity up to 99.944% compared to a patient in Guangdong province, China.
J Med Virol
; 96(7): e29777, 2024 Jul.
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ABSTRACT
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a prevalent pathogen responsible for acute viral hepatitis, HEV genotypes 3 and 4 infections causing zoonotic infections. Currently, the nucleotide similarity analysis between humans and pigs for HEV genotype 4 is limited. In this study, stool samples from an HEV-infected patient who is a pig farmer and from pigs were collected to obtain the near full-length genome of HEV, phylogenetic trees were constructed for genotyping, and similarity of HEV sequences was analyzed. The results showed that HEV-RNA was detected in the stool samples from the patient and six pigs (6/30, 20.0%). Both HEV subtype in the patient and pigs was 4b. Additionally, similarity analysis showed that the range was 99.875%-99.944% between the patient and pigs at the nucleotide level. Four isolates of amino acid sequences (ORFs 1-3) from pigs were 100% identical to the patient. Phylogenetic tree and similarity analysis of an additional nine HEV sequences isolated from other patients in this region showed that the HEV sequence from the pig farmer had the closest relationship with the pigs from his farm rather than other sources of infection in this region. This study provides indirect evidences for HEV subtype 4b can be transmitted from pigs to humans at the nucleotide level. Further research is needed to explore the characteristics of different HEV subtypes.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Filogenia
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Enfermedades de los Porcinos
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ARN Viral
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Virus de la Hepatitis E
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Hepatitis E
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Genoma Viral
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Heces
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Genotipo
Límite:
Animals
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Med Virol
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
China