RT Journal Article
T1 Detection of Hepatitis E Virus in Hyalomma lusitanicum Ticks Feeding on Wild Boars.
A1 Rivero-Juarez, Antonio
A1 Risalde, Maria A
A1 Gortazar, Christian
A1 Lopez-Lopez, Pedro
A1 Barasona, Jose A
A1 Frias, Mario
A1 Caballero-Gomez, Javier
A1 de la Fuente, Jose
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.
PB Frontiers Research Foundation
SN 1664-302X
YR 2021
FD 2021-07-11
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/18257
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/18257
LA en
NO Rivero-Juarez A, Risalde MA, Gortázar C, Lopez-Lopez P, Barasona JA, Frias M, et al. Detection of Hepatitis E Virus in Hyalomma lusitanicum Ticks Feeding on Wild Boars. Front Microbiol. 2021 Jul 9;12:692147
DS RISalud
RD Apr 6, 2025