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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2021

A Cross-Species Transmission of a Camel-Derived Genotype 8 Hepatitis E Virus to Rabbits.

Wenjing Zhang, Yasushi Ami, Yuriko Suzaki, Michiyo Kataoka, Naokazu Takeda, Masamichi Muramatsu, Tiancheng Li

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Research Progress on Hepatitis E Virus Culture.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  6. Animal Models for Hepatitis E Virus.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wenjing ZhangDepartment of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan.
Yasushi AmiDivision of Experimental Animals Research, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan.
Yuriko SuzakiDivision of Experimental Animals Research, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan.
Michiyo KataokaDepartment of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan.
Naokazu TakedaResearch Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0781, Japan.
Masamichi MuramatsuDepartment of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-0153-3533
Tiancheng LiDepartment of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6047-8482
National Institute of Infectious Diseases · JPThe University of Osaka · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Novel genotypes of hepatitis E virus (HEV), i.e., HEV-5, HEV-7, and HEV-8, have been identified in wild boar, dromedary camels, and Bactrian camels, respectively, and they transmit to cynomolgus monkeys in a trans-species manner, raising the potential for zoonotic infection. Rabbits are the natural reservoir for rabbit HEV, but they are also susceptible to HEV-3 and HEV-4. It has been unknown whether rabbits are susceptible to HEV-5, HEV-7, and HEV-8. To investigate the infectivity of novel HEVs in rabbits and to assess whether rabbits are appropriate animal models for these HEVs, we inoculated Japanese white rabbits with HEV-5, HEV-7, and HEV-8, respectively. We observed that viral RNA was present in the fecal specimens of the HEV-8-inoculated rabbits and anti-HEV IgG antibodies were present in its sera, although anti-HEV IgM was undetectable and no significant elevation of ALT was observed. These results indicated that HEV-8 crossed species and infected the rabbits. No evidence for replication was observed in HEV-5 and HEV-7, suggesting that rabbits are not susceptible to these genotypes. The antibodies elicited in the HEV-8-infected rabbits did not protect them from the rabbit HEV challenge, suggesting that the antigenicity differs between HEV-8 and rabbit HEV. Antigenic analyses demonstrated that anti-HEV-8 antibodies reacted more strongly with homologous HEV-8 virus-like particles (VLPs) compared to heterologous rabbit HEV VLPs, but anti-rabbit HEV antibody had similar reactivity to the VLPs of rabbit HEV and HEV-8, suggesting that HEV-8 lacks some epitope(s) that exist in rabbit HEV and induced the neutralizing antibodies against rabbit HEV.

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bactrian camel hepatitis E viruscross-species infectionHEV-5HEV-7HEV-8rabbitvirus-like particleVLP

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PMID34832530
PMCPMC8618709
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