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Detection of Hepatitis B virus in serum and liver of chickens

Overview of attention for article published in Virology Journal, January 2012
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Title
Detection of Hepatitis B virus in serum and liver of chickens
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Virology Journal, January 2012
DOI 10.1186/1743-422x-9-2
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Jijing Tian, Kangkang Xia, Ruiping She, Wengui Li, Ye Ding, Jiande Wang, Mingyong Chen, Jun Yin

Abstract

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is one of the most important human pathogens. Its existence in food animals could present a significant threat to public health. The objective of this study was to determine if HBV is present in serum and liver of chickens. A total of 129 serum samples from broiler chickens were collected for the detection of HBV antigens and antibodies, and 193 liver samples were tested for HBV DNA sequence by PCR and for the existence of HBV antigens by immunohistochemistry. The overall prevalence of HBsAg, anti-HBs, anti-HBc was 28.68%, 53.49%, 17.05%, respectively, whereas HBeAg, anti-HBe were barely detectable. Three serum samples were found to be positive for both HBsAg and HBeAg. Further analysis of these samples with transmission electron microscopy (TEM) revealed two morphologic particles with 20 nm and 40 nm in diameter, which were similar to small spherical and Danes particles of HBV. The viral DNA sequence identified in two of the chicken livers shared 92.2% of one known HBV strain and 97.9% nucleotide sequence of another HBV strain. Our results showed the existence of HBV in chickens. This would present a significant risk to people who work with live chickens or chicken products if HBV found in chicken could be confirmed to be the same as human HBV.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 27 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 9 33%
Student > Master 4 15%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 11%
Lecturer 2 7%
Professor 2 7%
Other 4 15%
Unknown 3 11%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 26%
Medicine and Dentistry 6 22%
Immunology and Microbiology 4 15%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 4%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 4%
Other 4 15%
Unknown 4 15%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 March 2016.
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#6,910,810
of 22,661,413 outputs
Outputs from Virology Journal
#774
of 3,024 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#64,012
of 244,244 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Virology Journal
#16
of 78 outputs
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