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In the 31 dog serum samples, 87.10% (27\/31) were positive for HEDV and 70.97% (22\/31) were positive for WUXV, while in the 36 chicken serum samples, 47.22% (17\/36) were positive for HEDV, and 52.78% (19\/36) were positive for WUXV.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>These findings suggest there are widespread infections of HEDV and WUXV in mammals (dogs, chickens) and humans from the regions where these viruses have been isolated. Moreover, the positive rate of HEDV infections was higher in local animals compared to that measured in human specimens. This is the first seroepidemiological study of these two sandfly-transmitted viruses. 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