Volume 18, Number 8—August 2012
Research
Hepatitis E Virus Strains in Rabbits and Evidence of a Closely Related Strain in Humans, France
Jacques Izopet
, Martine Dubois, Stéphane Bertagnoli, Sébastien Lhomme, Stéphane Marchandeau, Samuel Boucher, Nassim Kamar, Florence Abravanel, and Jean-Luc Guérin
, Martine Dubois, Stéphane Bertagnoli, Sébastien Lhomme, Stéphane Marchandeau, Samuel Boucher, Nassim Kamar, Florence Abravanel, and Jean-Luc Guérin
Table 1
Detection of hepatitis E virus RNA in farmed and wild rabbits, France
| Source | Location/department | No. tested | No. (%) HEV RNA positive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmed rabbits | |||
|
F20 |
Calvados | 10 | 0 |
|
F4 |
Calvados | 10 | 1 (10) |
|
F6 |
Deux-Sèvres | 10 | 1 (10) |
|
F7 |
Deux-Sèvres | 10 | 1 (10) |
|
F12 |
Deux-Sèvres | 10 | 0 |
|
F16 |
Deux-Sèvres | 10 | 0 |
|
F3 |
Loire Atlantique | 10 | 2 (20) |
|
F8 |
Loire Atlantique | 10 | 0 |
|
F1 |
Maine et Loire | 10 | 5 (50) |
|
F5 |
Maine et Loire | 10 | 1 (10) |
|
F10 |
Maine et Loire | 10 | 0 |
|
F15 |
Maine et Loire | 10 | 0 |
|
F17 |
Maine et Loire | 10 | 0 |
|
F19 |
Maine et Loire | 10 | 0 |
|
F2 |
Vendée | 10 | 3 (30) |
|
F9 |
Vendée | 10 | 0 |
|
F11 |
Vendée | 10 | 0 |
|
F13 |
Vendée | 10 | 0 |
|
F14 |
Vendée | 10 | 0 |
|
F18 |
Vendée | 10 | 0 |
| Wild rabbits | |||
|
W9 |
Charentes | 26 | 3 (12) |
|
W5 |
Deux-Sèvres | 44 | 13 (30) |
|
W14 |
Deux-Sèvres | 3 | 0 |
|
W2 |
Dordogne | 5 | 3 (60) |
|
W6 |
Dordogne | 8 | 3 (38) |
|
W8 |
Dordogne | 4 | 1 (25) |
|
W11 |
Dordogne | 1 | 0 |
|
W12 |
Dordogne | 5 | 0 |
|
W15 |
Dordogne | 4 | 0 |
|
W16 |
Dordogne | 17 | 0 |
|
W1 |
Finistère | 10 | 10 (100) |
|
W4 |
Finistère | 10 | 4 (40) |
|
W7 |
Finistère | 15 | 4 (27) |
|
W3 |
Haute-Garonne | 12 | 6 (50) |
|
W13 |
Loire Atlantique | 11 | 0 |
|
W18 |
Loire Atlantique | 1 | 0 |
|
W10 |
Morbihan | 10 | 0 |
|
W17 |
Pyrénées Orientales | 19 | 0 |
*F, farm; W, warren.
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