Volume 23, Number 1—January 2017
Dispatch
Hepatitis E Virus in Wild Boars and Spillover Infection in Red and Roe Deer, Germany, 2013–2015
Helena E. Anheyer-Behmenburg, Kathrin Szabo, Ulrich Schotte, Alfred Binder, Günter Klein, and Reimar Johne
Table 1
Detection of HEV-RNA and HEV-specific antibodies in wild boars and 3 deer species during 2 hunting seasons in a hunting area in Germany, 2013–2015*
| Animal species | HEV-RNA determined by real time RT-PCR, no. positive/no. tested (%) | HEV-specific antibodies determined by ELISA, no. positive/no. tested (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Season A, 2013–2014, | ||
| Wild boars | 6/95 (6.31) | 13/48 (27.08) |
| Roe deer | 2/17 (11.76) | 0/8 |
| Red deer | 0/25 | 0/21 |
| Fallow deer | 0/2 | 0/2 |
| Total |
8/139 (5.76) |
13/79 (16.46) |
| Season B, 2014–2015 | ||
| Wild boars | 33/137 (24.09) | 68/132 (51.52) |
| Roe deer | 3/61 (4.92) | 0/51 |
| Red deer | 2/58 (3.45) | 0/57 |
| Fallow deer | 0/20 | 0/20 |
| Total |
38/276 (13.77) |
68/260 (26.15) |
| Total, 2013–2015 | 46/415 (11.08) | 81/339 (23.89) |
*HEV, hepatitis E virus; RT-PCR, reverse transcription PCR.
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