Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) infections have been reported in deer as well as in domestic animals; however, the precise epidemiological information regarding HEV infections in the Shika Deer in Nara Park in Japan remains to be investigated. In this study, we examined the anti-HEV antibodies and HEV-RNA in sera from 173 of female sika deer in the park. The reactivity to HEV antigen in the serum samples were low levels. The detection of HEV-RNA in sera from the deer revealed no positive samples by RT-PCR analysis. In conclusion, we could not able to identify the HEV antibody and HEV-RNA positive individual in the sika deer which inhabited Nara Park. Therefore, 1h possibility of the HEV infection in the deer of the park would be extremely low.
雑誌名
日本野生動物医学会誌
巻
13
号
1
ページ
35 - 37
発行年
2008-03
ISSN
1342-6133
著者版フラグ
publisher
その他のタイトル
An epidemiological survey of hepatitis E virus in Shika deer, Cervus nippon, in Nara Park, Japan
奈良公園におけるニホンジカCervus nipponのE型肝炎ウイルス疫学調査
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