In search of hepatitis E virus infection in wild boar and cattle from Argentina

Authors

  • Luciano F. La Sala Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur (INBIOSUR), Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS) – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Soledad Barandiaran Instituto de Investigaciones en Producción Animal (INPA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • María E. Eirin Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular (IABIMO), INTA – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Ximena Ferrara Muñiz Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular (IABIMO), INTA – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Sergio Abate Universidad Nacional de Río Negro–Sede Atlántica, Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Río Negro (UNRN–CONICET), Viedma, Río Negro, Argentina.
  • Silvia Sánchez Puch Instituto de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Médica (IMPAM), UBA – CONICET, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Verónica Mathet Instituto de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Médica (IMPAM), UBA – CONICET, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Cecilia M. Delfino Instituto de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Médica (IMPAM), UBA – CONICET, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31687/saremNMS22.1.2

Keywords:

epidemiological surveillance, hepatitis E virus, Sus scrofa

Abstract

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a pathogen with zoonotic potential that affects domestic pigs, wild boar Sus scrofa, and humans, among other species. The HEV has been reported in wild boar from Argentina and Uruguay, but knowledge about the epidemiology of this virus is still very scarce in this region. The objective of this study was to evaluate the circulation of HEV in wild boar and cattle from Argentina through serological (ELISA) and molecular (PCR) analyses. All samples were negative. However, we stress the importance of reporting negative cases since these represent key inputs in future research and risk analysis, mainly in association with the potential for virus transmission between wild boar and susceptible native species.

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Distribution of sampling sites for hepatitis E virus in wild boar and cattle in Argentina

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02/25/2022

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La Sala, L. F., Barandiaran, S., Eirin, M. E., Ferrara Muñiz, X., Abate, S., Sánchez Puch, S., Mathet, V., & Delfino, C. M. (2022). In search of hepatitis E virus infection in wild boar and cattle from Argentina. Notas Sobre Mamíferos Sudamericanos, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.31687/saremNMS22.1.2

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