It seems that the Chinese veterinarians share those concerns.
Not only do circovirus co-infections demand heavy antibiotic use and help create antibiotic resistance in humans, we are not sure of the direct risks to humans.
Circovirus and its potential risks have been the subject of many cover-ups, and much playing down, in Britain and the western world by the veterinary authorities and industries.
The abstract can be found here, the full report here
Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
Year: 2012 | Volume: 11 | Issue: 9 | Page No.: 1281-1286
DOI:
10.3923/javaa.2012.1281.1286
Dissection of the Possible Routes on Porcine Circoviruses
Infecting Human
Shao-Lun Zhai , Sheng-Nan Chen , Jian-Wu Zhang , Zu-Zhang
Wei , Jin-Xue Long , Shi-Shan Yuan , Wen-Kang Wei , Qin-Ling Chen , Hua Xuan
and Da-Cheng Wu
Abstract: In 10 years recently whether porcine circoviruses
infect human is in dispute. Previous studies reported DNAs of porcine
circovirus type 1 and porcine circovirus type 2 were detected in pigs, cattle,
pepsin and rodents. However, the latest published article in the well-known journals
also showed that porcine circovirus type 2 existed in the human stools, human
vaccines and beef. This review dissected of the possible routes on porcine
circoviruses infecting human such as foodborne infection, vaccination
infection, xenotransplantation infection, airborne infection and vector
infection based on some published literatures in order to cause some concerns
in public health and cross-species transmission. Moreover, to better understand
phylogenetic analysis of porcine circoviruses isolated from different origins
(swine, bovine, human and pepsin), researchers constructed the phylogenetic
tree based on its complete genome. This study systematically reviewed the
possible routes on porcine circoviruses infecting human.
How to cite this article:
Shao-Lun Zhai, Sheng-Nan Chen , Jian-Wu Zhang , Zu-Zhang Wei
, Jin-Xue Long , Shi-Shan Yuan , Wen-Kang Wei, Qin-Ling Chen , Hua Xuan and
Da-Cheng Wu , 2012. Dissection of the Possible Routes on Porcine Circoviruses
Infecting Human. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 11: 1281-1286.
DOI: 10.3923/javaa.2012.1281.1286
