RT Journal Article
T1 Detection of Hepatitis E Virus in Hyalomma lusitanicum Ticks Feeding on Wild Boars.
A1 Rivero-Juarez, Antonio
A1 Risalde, María A
A1 Gortázar, Christian
A1 Lopez-Lopez, Pedro
A1 Barasona, Jose A
A1 Frias, Mario
A1 Caballero-Gomez, Javier
A1 de la Fuente, José
A1 Rivero, Antonio
K1 Hyalomma lusitanicum
K1 epidemiology
K1 hepatitis E
K1 tick
K1 wild boar
AB Little is known about the role of ticks in maintaining highly prevalent zoonotic viruses in wildlife, such as hepatitis E virus (HEV), which do not require ticks for transmission between animals and humans. In this cross-sectional study, adult female ticks were collected from Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa) in autumn 2015 in Spain. HEV RNA in both ticks and wild boar was evaluated by RT-qPCR. Twenty-nine adult Hyalomma lusitanicum ticks were collected from 29 wild boars. HEV RNA was detected in a total of 10 tick (34.4%) and 11 wild boar serum samples (37.9%). In two cases, detectable HEV RNA was found in a wild boar but not in the tick collected from them. In contrast, one HEV-positive tick was collected from an HEV-negative wild boar. All viral sequences were consistent with genotype 3f. We describe for the first time the presence of HEV RNA in adult Hyalomma lusitanicum ticks.
SN 1664-302X
YR 2021
FD 2021-07-09
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10668/25480
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10668/25480
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 12, 2025