First Report of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Sika Deer in China

Table 2

Prevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in deer around the world.

Country	Species	Test^a	Number of tested deer	Positive (%)	Year^b	Reference
Poland	Red deer (Cervus elaphus)	ELISA	118	0	2012-2013	[21]
Poland	Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)	ELISA	38	0	2012-2013	[21]
Poland	Fallow deer (Dama dama)	ELISA	5	0	2012-2013	[21]
Poland	Sika deer (Cervus nippon)	ELISA	4	0	2012-2013	[21]
Netherlands	Red deer	ELISA	38	5	2005–2008	[22]
Netherlands	Red deer	RT-PCR	39	15	2005–2008	[22]
Japan	Deer	ELISA	117	2	2003-2004	[23]
USA	Wild sika deer	ELISA	174	0	UN	[24]
Japan	Wild sika deer	ELISA	976	2.6	UN	[25]
Japan	Wild sika deer	RT-PCR	247	0	UN	[26]
Japan	Yezo deer	ELISA	520	34.8	UN	[26]
Japan	Yezo deer	WB	520	2.8	UN	[26]
Spain	Red deer	ELISA	968	10.4	2000–2009	[27]
Spain	Red deer	RT-PCR	968	13.6	2000–2009	[27]
Hungary	Roe deer	RT-PCR	32	34.4	2001–2006	[28]

ELISA: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; RT-PCR: reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; WB: Western blot.
^bUN: unknown.