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Published on: December 15, 2023
Hepatitis B virus detected in a golden monkey fatal case, China
Gang Lu1, Jialiang Pan2, Ying Zhang3
1College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 510642, People's Republic of China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control for Severe Clinical Animal Diseases, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China; Guangdong Technological Engineering Research Center for Pet, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is distributed worldwide and poses a significant threat to human health. Cross-species transmission of HBV from human to non-human primates could occur, which has been confirmed in three individual events. In this study, HBV DNA was detected in one golden monkey fatal case in China. The following genetic sequencing and analysis demonstrated the virus had a close genetic relationship with HBV genotype C in humans. To our knowledge, this is the first report suggested that HBV is related with a non-human primate fatal case in China.
