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. 2021 Feb 4;36(4):823–828. doi: 10.1007/s12250-021-00347-1

Table 1.

Summary information of the human PRV infection cases in China.

Case Common information Clinical manifestation
Age (y) Sex Occupation Contact history Place of infection Year Fever Respiratory failure Headache Pneumonia Visual impairment Seizures Disturbance of consciousness Viral encephalitis Ocular inflammation
1 38 Male Butcher Injury Shandong 2017 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N.A
2 55 Male Pork dealer Pork Inner Mongolia 2017 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N.A
3 51 Male Cook Pork Inner Mongolia 2017 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes N.A
4 42 Female Butcher Pigs/pork Hebei 2016 Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
5 46 Female Swineherd Sewage Jiangxi 2017 Yes No Yes No Yes No No No Yes
6 44 Male Sick pig handler Diseased pigs; pork Shandong 2019 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
7 59 Male Swineherd Needle injury Hebei 2019 Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes N.A
8 50 Male Butcher Injury at work Shandong 2018 Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes N.A
9 50 Female Pork cutter Injury at work Shandong 2018 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes N.A
10 43 Male Sick pig handler Injury at work Shandong 2018 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N.A
11 59 Male Pork cutter Injury at work Shandong 2018 Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes N.A
12 50 Male Pork cutter N.A Shandong 2018 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N.A
13 46 Male Veterinarian Injury/ dead pigs Shandong 2018 Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes N.A
14 25 Male Veterinarian Diseased pigs Hubei 2018 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N.A
15 25 Male Butcher Pigs/pork Henan 2019 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes N.A
16 49 Male Butcher Pork Henan 2019 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes N.A
17 43 Male Veterinarian Diseased pigs Shandong 2018 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes N.A
18 44 Male Pork vendor Injury Anhui 2019 Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes N.A
19 N.A Male Butcher N.A Shandong 2018 Yes Yes N.A Yes N.A Yes Yes Yes N.A
20 N.A Male Swineherd N.A Hebei 2018 Yes Yes N.A Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes N.A
21 N.A Male Driver N.A Guangdong 2018 Yes Yes N.A Yes N.A Yes Yes Yes N.A
22 N.A Female Pork dealer N.A Beijing 2011 Yes Yes N.A Yes N.A Yes Yes Yes N.A
23 49 Male Slaughterer N.A Anhui 2019 Yes N.A Yes N.A Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Case Diagnosis Clinical outcome References
Vitreous humor (NGS) Cerebrospinal fluid (NGS) Antibody (ELISA)
1 N.A  +   +  Minimally conscious state Zhao et al. (2018)
2 N.A  +   +  Death
3 N.A  +   +  Death
4 N.A N.A N.A Minimally conscious state; Blindness
5  +   +  Visually impaired Ai et al. (2018)
6  +   +  N.A Persistent vegetative state; Visually impaired Wang et al. (2019)
7 N.A  +   +  Follow simple instructions; Mild cognitive deficit; Blindness Zheng et al. (2019)
8 N.A  +  N.A Slow responses, Occasional seizures Yang X et al. (2019)
9 N.A  +  N.A Ventilator-dependent
10 N.A  +  N.A Follow simple instructions; Blurry vision
11 N.A  +  N.A Ventilator-dependent
12 N.A  +  N.A Slow responses; Blindness
13 N.A  +   +  N.A Yang H et al. (2019)
14  +   +  Blindness Liu et al. (2020)
15  +   +  Mild memory impairment
16  +   +  Minimally conscious state
17  +   +  Persistent vegetative state
18 N.A  +   +  Follow simple instructions; blurry vision Wang et al. (2020)
19 N.A  +   +  Death Fan et al. (2020)
20 N.A  +   +  Memory loss and bilateral hand tremor; Visual impairment
21 N.A  +   +  Follow simple instructions
22 N.A  +  Death
23  +  N.A N.A N.A Hu et al. (2020)

N.A. not available.