Shao Zhong-jun, Li Jing-hua, Zheng Ying-jie, Zhang Jing-xia, Ma Yong-hong, Ma Wen-tao, Jiang Qing-wu, Dang Rong-li
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, People's Republic of China.
J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Mar;47(3):814-6. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01309-08. Epub 2008 Dec 24.
Hepatitis E has been hypothesized as a zoonosis. However, there is no definite conclusion about which animal species contribute to hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in humans. In this study, HEV RNA was detected only in swine bile specimens and not in bile specimens collected from cattle, goats, or dogs. We postulate that swine are the main animal reservoir for HEV.
戊型肝炎被认为是一种人畜共患病。然而，关于哪些动物物种会导致人类感染戊型肝炎病毒（HEV），目前尚无定论。在本研究中，仅在猪胆汁样本中检测到HEV RNA，而在从牛、山羊或狗采集的胆汁样本中未检测到。我们推测猪是HEV的主要动物宿主。
