Hepatitis E antibodies in laboratory rabbits from 2 US vendors.
We tested laboratory rabbits from 2 US vendors for antibodies against hepatitis E virus (HEV); Seroprevalences were 40% and 50%. Retrospective analysis of an ocular herpes simplex 1 experiment demonstrated that HEV seropositivity had no effect on experiment outcome. HEV probably is widespread in research rabbits, but effects on research remain unknown.
['Birke|Leslie|L|', 'Cormier|Stephania A|SA|', 'You|Dahui|D|', 'Stout|Rhett W|RW|', 'Clement|Christian|C|', 'Johnson|Merlin|M|', 'Thompson|Hilary|H|']
D000818:Animals D000914:Antibodies, Viral D005838:Genotype D016751:Hepatitis E D016752:Hepatitis E virus D006561:Herpes Simplex D018259:Herpesvirus 1, Human D012367:RNA, Viral D011817:Rabbits D012189:Retrospective Studies D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies
rabbits Hepatitis E virus HEV herpes simplex 1 virus viruses zoonoses