Data/hora: 11/06/2024 01:32:00

Provedor de dados: 	Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus infection in domestic pigs in the Federal District, Brazil	
Autores: 	Vilanova,L.F.L.S.; Rigueira,L.L.; Perecmanis,S.	
Data: 	2018-03-01	
Ano: 	2018	
Palavras-chave: 	Hepatitis E; Swine; Federal District; Brazil.	
Resumo: 	ABSTRACT Hepatitis E is caused by the hepatitis E virus (HEV) which is currently known to be a zoonotic pathogen transmitted by pigs. In Brazil, there is no information about the circulation of HEV in the swine herd of the Federal District. Therefore, a cross-sectional study was performed with sera from 449 domestic pigs, provided by the Secretary of Agriculture of the Federal District. Blood samples were collected between June and September 2014. A commercially available ELISA kit was used for the detection of IgG antibodies. High seroprevalence of antibodies to HEV was found, since 304 animals showed anti-HEV positive reactions (67.7%; 95% CI = 63.2%, 71.9%). The seropositivity presented no difference by gender or age. The results suggest that HEV circulates among domestic pigs in the Federal District and it can serve as a warning to the local public health system due to their possible involvement in human infections.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352018000200469	
Editor: 	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Veterinária	
Relação: 	10.1590/1678-4162-9455	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia  v.70 n.2 2018	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess