HepacivirusInfection in Domestic Horses, Brazil, 2011–2013

Bernard Salame Gemaque,Leopoldo Augusto Moraes,Manoel Do Carmo Pereira Soares,Andrea Lima Silva,Michele Soares Gomes-Gouvêa,Heriberto Ferreira De Figueiredo,Djacy Barbosa Ribeiro,Ana Silvia Sardinha Ribeiro,Jonan Souza Da Silva,Alex Junior Souza De Souza,João Renato Rebello Pinho,Max Moreira Alves,Andreza Pinheiro Malheiros,Washington Luiz Assunção Pereira

doi:10.3201/eid2012.140603

Abstract

<i>Hepacivirus</i>Infection in Domestic Horses, Brazil, 2011–2013

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To the Editor: An estimated ≈150 million persons (3% of the world population) are chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV)
Since the discovery of HCV-like virus in dogs with respiratory disease and nonspecific gastrointestinal disorder in the United States in 2011, tentatively named canine hepacivirus (2), new hepaciviruses have been detected in insectivorous bats (3), Old World monkeys (4), wild rodents (5,6), and domestic horses (6–8)
We refer to the viruses detected in horses as conventional nonprimate hepaciviruses (NPHVs)

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Introduction

To the Editor: An estimated ≈150 million persons (3% of the world population) are chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). We refer to the viruses detected in horses as conventional nonprimate hepaciviruses (NPHVs). The aim of this study was to verify NPHV infection in horses from 8 locations in the eastern Brazilian Amazon.

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