| Project/Area Number |
17590421
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Virology
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| Research Institution | Jichi Medical University |
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Principal Investigator |
TAKAHASHI Masaharu Jichi Medical University, School of Medicine, Lecturer, 医学部, 講師 (70326841)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2006
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2006)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥1,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥1,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000)
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| Keywords | hepatitis E / hepatitis E virus / zoonosis / reservoir / HEV RNA / antibodies to HEV / swine / wild boar |
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| Research Abstract |
1. Seven-hundred ninety-four (56%) of 1,425 farm pigs that were raised in 20 prefectures from Hokkaido to Okinawa, Japan had detectable anti-HEV IgG, indicating that HEV infection is widespread among Japanese pigs. Fifty-five swine HEV isolates that were closely related to HEV isolates obtained from Japanese patients with acute hepatitis E were identified. Two genotype 3 HEV isolates that shared only 81-83% identities with known isolates of same genotype were identified and characterized. Positivity of serum anti-HEV IgA was correlated to HEV viremia.
2. Two of 87 wild boars caught in 12 prefectures in Japan had detectable HEV RNA. Full-genome sequences of three HEV isolates from these two (Yamaguchi and Tokushima) and previously found viremic boar in Saga were determined. They were closely related to HEV isolates recovered from hepatitis patients and pigs in Japan.
3. Among 243 pigs in Mongolia, 223 (92%) and 89 (37%) were positive for anti-HEV IgG and HEV RNA, respectively. HEV isolates of genotype 3 that appeared to be indigenous were identified. Among 101 pigs in Bali, Indonesia, 58 (57%) were positive for anti-HEV IgG and five(5%) were viremic for HEV. Fours wine HEV isolates of genotype 4 whose nucleotide sequence showed 97-98% identities to HEV isolate recovered from a patient with hepatitis E in Bali were identified. These results indicate that zoonotic hepatitis E is present even in developing countries.
4. The HEV isolates of genotype 4 were recovered from four patients who contracted acute hepatitis E after eating meat from wild boars caught in Aichi, Japan. Since two HEV isolates that had an identity of >99% were recovered from wild boars caught in the same area, HEV infection from boars to humans was strongly suggested.
5. A highly sensitive RT-PCR system to detect human and animal HEVs of genotypes 1-4 was developed.
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