Human and Porcine Hepatitis E Virus Strains, United Kingdom

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2004 Jun 18

PMID 15200841

Citations 30

Authors

Malcolm Banks

Richard Bendall

Sylvia Grierson

Graham Heath

Jonathon Mitchell

Harry Dalton

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Abstract

We describe a case of acquired infection of a strain of hepatitis E virus (HEV) with a 100% amino acid identity to the analogous region in strains of HEV circulating in a United Kingdom pig herd. This case further supports the theory that autochthonous HEV infection in industrialized countries is zoonotic.

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