Detection and genomic characterization of hepatitis E virus genotype 3 from pigs in Ghana, Africa.

Journal: One health outlook
Published Date: Jul 20, 2020

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a major cause of human hepatitis worldwide. Zoonotic genotypes of the virus have been found in diverse animal species with pigs playing a major role. Putative risk of zoonotic infection from livestock particularly swine in Sub-Saharan Africa including Ghana is poorly understood due to scarcity of available data, especially HEV sequence information.

Authors

  • Philip El-Duah
    Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Institute of Virology, Berlin, Germany.
  • Dickson Dei
    Ghana Veterinary Service, Kumasi, Ghana.
  • Tabea Binger
    Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kumasi, Ghana.
  • Augustina Sylverken
    Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kumasi, Ghana.
  • Robert Wollny
    Institute of Virology, University of Bonn Medical Centre, Bonn, Germany.
  • William Tasiame
    Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Institute of Virology, Berlin, Germany.
  • Samuel Oppong
    Department of Wildlife and Range Management, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
  • Yaw Adu-Sarkodie
    Department of Clinical Microbiology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
  • Benjamin Emikpe
    School of Veterinary Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
  • Raphael Folitse
    School of Veterinary Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
  • Jan Felix Drexler
    Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Institute of Virology, Berlin, Germany.
  • Richard Phillips
    Membranology Limited, Swansea, United Kingdom.
  • Christian Drosten
    Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Institute of Virology, Berlin, Germany.
  • Victor Max Corman
    Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Institute of Virology, Berlin, Germany.

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