Yan Hong1, Zhuo-Jing He1, Wei Tao1, Ting Fu1, Yan-Kun Wang1, Yong Chen1. 1. Yan Hong, Zhuo-Jing He, Wei Tao, Ting Fu, Yan-Kun Wang, Yong Chen, Institute of Bioengineering, Zhejiang Academy of Medical Science, Hangzhou 310013, Zhejiang Province, China.
Abstract
AIM: To investigate whether Z:ZCLA Mongolian gerbils are readily susceptible to infection by human hepatitis E virus (HEV). METHODS: Z:ZCLA Mongolian gerbils were infected with a clinical HEV strain isolated from an acute hepatitis E patient, and virus pathogenesis was assessed in this host. Non-infected gerbils served as the control group. Feces samples from gerbils were collected weekly for reverse transcription-nested polymerase chain reaction. Serum anti-HEV IgG and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) were detected by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. At sacrifice, each animal's liver, spleen and kidney were collected for histopathologic examination. RESULTS: HEV-infected gerbils showed fatigue, with histopathological changes observed in the liver, spleen and kidney. HEV RNA was detected in fecal samples taken at day 7 after inoculation and the detectable levels lasted out to day 42 after inoculation. Interestingly, ALT levels were only moderately increased in the HEV-infected animals compared with the non-infected control group. CONCLUSION: Z:ZCLA Mongolian gerbils are susceptible to human HEV.
AIM: To investigate whether Z:ZCLA Mongolian gerbils are readily susceptible to infection by humanhepatitis E virus (HEV). METHODS: Z:ZCLA Mongolian gerbils were infected with a clinical HEV strain isolated from an acute hepatitis Epatient, and virus pathogenesis was assessed in this host. Non-infected gerbils served as the control group. Feces samples from gerbils were collected weekly for reverse transcription-nested polymerase chain reaction. Serum anti-HEV IgG and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) were detected by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. At sacrifice, each animal's liver, spleen and kidney were collected for histopathologic examination. RESULTS:HEV-infected gerbils showed fatigue, with histopathological changes observed in the liver, spleen and kidney. HEV RNA was detected in fecal samples taken at day 7 after inoculation and the detectable levels lasted out to day 42 after inoculation. Interestingly, ALT levels were only moderately increased in the HEV-infected animals compared with the non-infected control group. CONCLUSION: Z:ZCLA Mongolian gerbils are susceptible to humanHEV.
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Hepatitis E virus; Infection; Interspecies transmission; Mongolian gerbils; Zoonosis
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