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He W, Fu J, Wen Y, Cheng M, Mo Y, Chen Q. Detection and Genetic Characterization of Seoul Virus in Liver Tissue Samples From Rattus norvegicus and Rattus tanezumi in Urban Areas of Southern China. Front Vet Sci 2021; 8:748232. [PMID: 34966803 PMCID: PMC8710597 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2021.748232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Rodents are important hosts of hantaviruses, and lungs and kidneys are known to be the preferred organs of these viruses. Recently, hantaviruses were detected in liver samples from wild rodents in Hungary and the United States, and feeder rats in the Netherlands. However, few studies have detected hantaviruses in the liver of rats from China. In this study, hantaviruses were investigated in liver samples from R. norvegicus and R. tanezumi trapped in urban areas of southern China. A total of 461 R. norvegicus and 64 R. tanezumi were trapped. Using a pan-hantavirus PCR method, hantaviruses were detected in liver, lung, and serum samples from these animals. About 7.43% of liver samples were positive for Seoul virus (SEOV). The detection rate of SEOV in liver samples from R. norvegicus (8.24%) was higher than that from R. tanezumi (1.56%), suggesting the predominant role of R. norvegicus in the transmission of SEOV in urban areas of China. Three R. norvegicus had SEOV RNA in their liver samples but not in their lung samples, suggesting that the liver might be one of the targeted organs of SEOV. The first full SEOV protein-coding sequences (CDS) of the S and M segments, and partial CDS of the L segment from R. tanezumi were amplified. Several full and partial CDS of the S, M, and L segments from R. norvegicus were also obtained. The SEOV sequences obtained from different animals were highly similar, suggesting the cross-species transmission potential of SEOV between R. norvegicus and R. tanezumi.
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- Wenqiao He
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Douglas KO, Payne K, Sabino-Santos G, Agard J. Influence of Climatic Factors on Human Hantavirus Infections in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Systematic Review. Pathogens 2021; 11:pathogens11010015. [PMID: 35055965 PMCID: PMC8778283 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11010015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2021] [Revised: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND With the current climate change crisis and its influence on infectious disease transmission there is an increased desire to understand its impact on infectious diseases globally. Hantaviruses are found worldwide, causing infectious diseases such as haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS)/hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in tropical regions such as Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). These regions are inherently vulnerable to climate change impacts, infectious disease outbreaks and natural disasters. Hantaviruses are zoonotic viruses present in multiple rodent hosts resident in Neotropical ecosystems within LAC and are involved in hantavirus transmission. METHODS We conducted a systematic review to assess the association of climatic factors with human hantavirus infections in the LAC region. Literature searches were conducted on MEDLINE and Web of Science databases for published studies according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) criteria. The inclusion criteria included at least eight human hantavirus cases, at least one climatic factor and study from > 1 LAC geographical location. RESULTS In total, 383 papers were identified within the search criteria, but 13 studies met the inclusion criteria ranging from Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia and Panama in Latin America and a single study from Barbados in the Caribbean. Multiple mathematical models were utilized in the selected studies with varying power to generate robust risk and case estimates of human hantavirus infections linked to climatic factors. Strong evidence of hantavirus disease association with precipitation and habitat type factors were observed, but mixed evidence was observed for temperature and humidity. CONCLUSIONS The interaction of climate and hantavirus diseases in LAC is likely complex due to the unknown identity of all vertebrate host reservoirs, circulation of multiple hantavirus strains, agricultural practices, climatic changes and challenged public health systems. There is an increasing need for more detailed systematic research on the influence of climate and other co-related social, abiotic, and biotic factors on infectious diseases in LAC to understand the complexity of vector-borne disease transmission in the Neotropics.
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- Kirk Osmond Douglas
- Centre for Biosecurity Studies, Cave Hill Campus, The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, St. Michael BB11000, Barbados
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- Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies, Cave Hill Campus, The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, St. Michael BB11000, Barbados;
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- School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, 1324 Tulane Ave Suite 517, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA;
- Centre for Virology Research, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, 3900 Av. Bandeirantes, Ribeirao Preto 14049-900, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Life Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine 999183, Trinidad and Tobago;
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Occupational Hantavirus Infections in Agricultural and Forestry Workers: A Systematic Review and Metanalysis. Viruses 2021; 13:v13112150. [PMID: 34834957 PMCID: PMC8621010 DOI: 10.3390/v13112150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2021] [Revised: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Hantaviruses are zoonotic pathogens that can cause serious human disorders, including hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome. As the main risk factor for human infections is the interaction with rodents, occupational groups such as farmers and forestry workers are reportedly at high risk, but no summary evidence has been collected to date. Therefore, we searched two different databases (PubMed and EMBASE), focusing on studies reporting the prevalence of hantaviruses in farmers and forestry workers. Data were extracted using a standardized assessment form, and results of such analyses were systematically reported, summarized and compared. We identified a total of 42 articles, including a total of 28 estimates on farmers, and 22 on forestry workers, with a total workforce of 15,043 cases (821 positive cases, 5.5%). A pooled seroprevalence of 3.7% (95% confidence interval [95% CI] 2.2–6.2) was identified in farmers, compared to 3.8% (95% CI 2.6–5.7) in forestry workers. Compared to the reference population, an increased occurrence was reported for both occupational groups (odds ratio [OR] 1.875, 95% CI 1.438–2.445 and OR 2.892, 95% CI 2.079–4.023 for farmers and forestry workers, respectively). In summary, our analyses stress the actual occurrence of hantaviruses in selected occupational groups. Improved understanding of appropriate preventive measures, as well as further studies on hantavirus infection rates in reservoir host species (rodents, shrews, and bats) and virus transmission to humans, is needed to prevent future outbreaks.
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Chappell JG, Tsoleridis T, Onianwa O, Drake G, Ashpole I, Dobbs P, Edema W, Kumi-Ansah F, Bennett M, Tarlinton RE, Ball JK, McClure CP. Retrieval of the Complete Coding Sequence of the UK-Endemic Tatenale Orthohantavirus Reveals Extensive Strain Variation and Supports Its Classification as a Novel Species. Viruses 2020; 12:E454. [PMID: 32316655 PMCID: PMC7232349 DOI: 10.3390/v12040454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2020] [Revised: 04/10/2020] [Accepted: 04/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Orthohantaviruses are globally distributed viruses, associated with rodents and other small mammals. However, data on the circulation of orthohantaviruses within the UK, particularly the UK-endemic Tatenale virus, is sparse. In this study, 531 animals from five rodent species were collected from two locations in northern and central England and screened using a degenerate, pan- orthohantavirus RT-PCR assay. Tatenale virus was detected in a single field vole (Microtus agrestis) from central England and twelve field voles from northern England. Unbiased high-throughput sequencing of the central English strain resulted in the recovery of the complete coding sequence of a novel strain of Tatenale virus, whilst PCR-primer walking of the northern English strain recovered almost complete coding sequence of a previously identified strain. These findings represented the detection of a third lineage of Tatenale virus in the United Kingdom and extended the known geographic distribution of these viruses from northern to central England. Furthermore, the recovery of the complete coding sequence revealed that Tatenale virus was sufficiently related to the recently identified Traemersee virus, to meet the accepted criteria for classification as a single species of orthohantavirus.
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- Joseph G. Chappell
- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK; (J.G.C.); (C.P.M.)
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK; (J.G.C.); (C.P.M.)
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK; (J.G.C.); (C.P.M.)
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK; (J.G.C.); (C.P.M.)
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK; (J.G.C.); (C.P.M.)
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- School of Veterinary Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonnington, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK
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- School of Veterinary Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonnington, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK; (J.G.C.); (C.P.M.)
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK; (J.G.C.); (C.P.M.)
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Murphy EG, Williams NJ, Bennett M, Jennings D, Chantrey J, McElhinney LM. Detection of Seoul virus in wild brown rats ( Rattus norvegicus) from pig farms in Northern England. Vet Rec 2019; 184:525. [PMID: 30952778 PMCID: PMC6582813 DOI: 10.1136/vr.105249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2018] [Revised: 01/22/2019] [Accepted: 01/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Introduction Hantaviruses are maintained by mammalian hosts, such as rodents, and are shed in their excretions. Clinical disease can occur in humans from spillover infection. Brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) are the globally distributed reservoir host of Seoul virus (SEOV). Human cases of SEOV-associated haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (SEOV-HFRS)have been reported in Great Britain (GB) since 1977. Methods Brown rats (n=68) were trapped from a variety of peridomestic locations, with a focus on pig farms. Kidney and lung tissues were tested for viral RNA using a pan-hantavirus RT-PCR assay followed by Sanger sequencing and analysis. Results SEOV RNA was detected in 19 per cent (13/68, 95% CI 11 to 30) of rats and all sequences fell within SEOV lineage 9. Twelve sequences were highly similar to each other and to the previously reported GB Humber strain of SEOV (98 per cent). One rat SEOV sequence was more distant. The SEOV prevalence in rats from pig farms was significantly greater (p=0.047) than other sites sampled. No significant sex or age differences were observed among positive and negative rats. Discussion The results from this study suggest that SEOV could be widespread in wild rats in GB and therefore pose a potential risk to public health.
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- Ellen G Murphy
- HPRU EZI, Institute of Infection and Global Health (IGH), University of Liverpool School of Life Sciences, Neston, Cheshire, UK.,Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- HPRU EZI, Institute of Infection and Global Health (IGH), University of Liverpool School of Life Sciences, Neston, Cheshire, UK.,Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Wildlife Zoonoses and Vector-Borne Disease Research Group, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Addlestone, UK
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- Department of Veterinary Pathology, School of Life Sciences, Institute of Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- HPRU EZI, Institute of Infection and Global Health (IGH), University of Liverpool School of Life Sciences, Neston, Cheshire, UK.,Wildlife Zoonoses and Vector-Borne Disease Research Group, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Addlestone, UK
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Girling SJ, McElhinney LM, Fraser MA, Gow D, Pizzi R, Naylor A, Cole G, Brown D, Rosell F, Schwab G, Campbell-Palmer R. Absence of hantavirus in water voles and Eurasian beavers in Britain. Vet Rec 2019; 184:253. [DOI: 10.1136/vr.105246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 01/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Wildlife Zoonoses and Vector Borne Disease Research Group; Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA); New Haw UK
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- Veterinary Department; Royal Zoological Society of Scotland; Edinburgh UK
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- Veterinary Department; Royal Zoological Society of Scotland; Edinburgh UK
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- Veterinary Department; Royal Zoological Society of Scotland; Edinburgh UK
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- Veterinary Department; Royal Zoological Society of Scotland; Edinburgh UK
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- Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Environmental Health Studies; Telemark University College; Bø Norway
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Xiao H, Tong X, Gao L, Hu S, Tan H, Huang ZYX, Zhang G, Yang Q, Li X, Huang R, Tong S, Tian H. Spatial heterogeneity of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome is driven by environmental factors and rodent community composition. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2018; 12:e0006881. [PMID: 30356291 PMCID: PMC6218101 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2017] [Revised: 11/05/2018] [Accepted: 09/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is a rodent-borne disease caused mainly by two hantaviruses in China: Hantaan virus and Seoul virus. Environmental factors can significantly affect the risk of contracting hantavirus infections, primarily through their effects on rodent population dynamics and human-rodent contact. We aimed to clarify the environmental risk factors favoring rodent-to-human transmission to provide scientific evidence for developing effective HFRS prevention and control strategies. The 10-year (2006-2015) field surveillance data from the rodent hosts for hantavirus, the epidemiological and environmental data extracted from satellite images and meteorological stations, rodent-to-human transmission rates and impacts of the environment on rodent community composition were used to quantify the relationships among environmental factors, rodent species and HFRS occurrence. The study included 709 cases of HFRS. Rodent species in Chenzhou, a hantavirus hotspot, comprise mainly Rattus norvegicus, Mus musculus, R. flavipectus and some other species (R. losea and Microtus fortis calamorum). The rodent species played different roles across the various land types we examined, but all of them were associated with transmission risks. Some species were associated with HFRS occurrence risk in forest and water bodies. R. norvegicus and R. flavipectus were associated with risk of HFRS incidence in grassland, whereas M. musculus and R. flavipectus were associated with this risk in built-on land. The rodent community composition was also associated with environmental variability. The predictive risk models based on these significant factors were validated by a good-fit model, where: cultivated land was predicted to represent the highest risk for HFRS incidence, which accords with the statistics for HFRS cases in 2014-2015. The spatial heterogeneity of HFRS disease may be influenced by rodent community composition, which is associated with local environmental conditions. Therefore, future work should focus on preventing HFRS is moist, warm environments.
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- Hong Xiao
- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
- Key Laboratory of Geospatial Big Data Mining and Application, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
- Key Laboratory of Geospatial Big Data Mining and Application, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
- State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Hunan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
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- Hunan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
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- School of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Forest Protection of State Forestry Administration, National Bird Banding Center of China, Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
- Key Laboratory of Geospatial Big Data Mining and Application, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
- Key Laboratory of Geospatial Big Data Mining and Application, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
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- Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- School of Public Health and Institute of Environment and Population Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, China
- School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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Maas M, De Vries A, Reusken C, Buijs J, Goris M, Hartskeerl R, Ahmed A, Van Tulden P, Swart A, Pijnacker R, Koene M, Lundkvist Å, Heyman P, Rockx B, Van Der Giessen J. Prevalence of Leptospira spp. and Seoul hantavirus in brown rats ( Rattus norvegicus) in four regions in the Netherlands, 2011-2015. Infect Ecol Epidemiol 2018; 8:1490135. [PMID: 29963297 PMCID: PMC6022222 DOI: 10.1080/20008686.2018.1490135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2017] [Accepted: 06/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) may carry pathogens that can be a risk for public health. Brown rats in the Netherlands were tested for the zoonotic pathogens Leptospira spp. and Seoul hantavirus (SEOV), in order to obtain insight in their prevalence. METHODS AND RESULTS Cross-sectional studies were performed at four locations from 2011 to 2015. The rats were tested for Leptospira spp. using real-time PCR and/or culture resulting in a prevalence ranging between 33-57%. Testing for SEOV was done through an adapted human Seoul hantavirus ELISA and real-time RT-PCR. Although at several locations the ELISA indicated presence of SEOV antibodies, none could be confirmed by focus reduction neutralization testing. CONCLUSION The results indicate a widespread presence of Leptospira spp. in brown rats in the Netherlands, including areas with a low leptospirosis incidence in humans. No evidence for circulation of SEOV was found in this study.
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- Miriam Maas
- Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
- Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, WHO Collaborating Centre for arbovirus and hemorrhagic fever virus reference and research, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Public health service (GGD) Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- OIE and National Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Leptospirosis (NRL), Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- OIE and National Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Leptospirosis (NRL), Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- OIE and National Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Leptospirosis (NRL), Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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- Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, Lelystad, The Netherlands
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- Research Laboratory for Vector-Borne Diseases, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
- Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, WHO Collaborating Centre for arbovirus and hemorrhagic fever virus reference and research, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
- Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, Lelystad, The Netherlands
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Thomason AG, Begon M, Bradley JE, Paterson S, Jackson JA. Endemic Hantavirus in Field Voles, Northern England. Emerg Infect Dis 2018; 23:1033-1035. [PMID: 28518021 PMCID: PMC5443433 DOI: 10.3201/eid2306.161607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We report a PCR survey of hantavirus infection in an extensive field vole (Microtus agrestis) population present in the Kielder Forest, northern England. A Tatenale virus–like lineage was frequently detected (≈17% prevalence) in liver tissue. Lineages genetically similar to Tatenale virus are likely to be endemic in northern England.
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A seroprevalence study to determine the frequency of hantavirus infection in people exposed to wild and pet fancy rats in England. Epidemiol Infect 2017; 145:2458-2465. [DOI: 10.1017/s0950268817001480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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SummaryRecent cases of acute kidney injury due to Seoul hantavirus infection from exposure to wild or pet fancy rats suggest this infection is increasing in prevalence in the UK. We conducted a seroprevalence study in England to estimate cumulative exposure in at-risk groups with contact with domesticated and wild rats to assess risk and inform public health advice. From October 2013 to June 2014, 844 individual blood samples were collected. Hantavirus seroprevalence amongst the pet fancy rat owner group was 34.1% (95% CI 23·9–45·7%) compared with 3·3% (95% CI 1·6–6·0) in a baseline control group, 2·4% in those with occupational exposure to pet fancy rats (95% CI 0·6–5·9) and 1·7% with occupational exposure to wild rats (95% CI 0·2–5·9). Variation in seroprevalence across groups with different exposure suggests that occupational exposure to pet and wild rats carries a very low risk, if any. However incidence of hantavirus infection among pet fancy rat owners/breeders, whether asymptomatic, undiagnosed mild viral illness or more severe disease may be very common and public health advice needs to be targeted to this at-risk group.
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Reply to comment--Clement et al.: (Prevalence of antibodies against hantaviruses in serum and saliva of adults living or working on farms in Yorkshire, United Kingdom). Viruses 2014; 6:3425-7. [PMID: 25256390 PMCID: PMC4189029 DOI: 10.3390/v6093425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2014] [Revised: 09/03/2014] [Accepted: 09/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Comment on Jameson et al.: Prevalence of antibodies against hantaviruses in serum and saliva of adults living or working on farms in Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Viruses 2014; 6:3415-24. [PMID: 25256389 PMCID: PMC4189028 DOI: 10.3390/v6093415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2014] [Revised: 08/25/2014] [Accepted: 08/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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This British hantavirus IgG prevalence study, aimed at 119 asymptomatic farmers in England, and using indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) as screening technique, concluded that rat-transmitted Seoul virus (SEOV) might be the main suspect as hantaviral pathogen in the UK. Exactly the same conclusion, using the same IFA screening technique, resulted from a 1994 serosurvey in the same country, and in 627 clinical cases plus 100 healthy controls. SEOV-positive study subjects were also mainly farmers with heavy rat-exposure, but residing in Northern-Ireland, a region where all other known rodent reservoirs for pathogenic hantaviruses are known to be absent, except the wild rat. A rodent capture action in and around the farms of eight seropositives confirmed SEOV seropositivity in 21.6% of 51 rats. All SEOV seropositives were patients, hospitalized with an acute feverish condition, a majority of which having the clinical picture of hantavirus-induced nephropathy, known as hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). Leptospirosis, often mimicking perfectly HFRS, was serologically excluded. Thus, SEOV was established as a human hantaviral pathogen in the UK and in Europe 20 years ago.
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