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Title: Hepatitis E antibodies in laboratory rabbits from 2 US vendors.

Authors: Birke, Leslie; Cormier, Stephania A; You, Dahui; Stout, Rhett W; Clement, Christian; Johnson, Merlin; Thompson, Hilary

Published In Emerg Infect Dis, (2014 Apr)

Abstract: 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.

PubMed ID: 24655426 Exiting the NIEHS site

MeSH Terms: Animals; Antibodies, Viral/immunology*; Genotype; Hepatitis E virus/genetics; Hepatitis E virus/immunology*; Hepatitis E/immunology*; Hepatitis E/virology; Herpes Simplex/immunology; Herpes Simplex/virology; Herpesvirus 1, Human/immunology; RNA, Viral/genetics; Rabbits; Retrospective Studies; Seroepidemiologic Studies

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