Hepatitis E Virus Transmission from Wild Boar Meat

Li, Tian-Cheng; Chijiwa, Katsumi; Sera, Nobuyuki; Ishibashi, Tetsuya; Etoh, Yoshiki; Shinohara, Yuji; Kurata, Yasuo; Ishida, Miki; Sakamoto, Shigeru; Takeda, Naokazu; Miyamura, Tatsuo

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Hepatitis E Virus Transmission from Wild Boar Meat

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Dec 2005
By Li, Tian-Cheng ; Chijiwa, Katsumi ; Sera, Nobuyuki ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Li, Tian-Cheng ; Chijiwa, Katsumi ; Sera, Nobuyuki ; Ishibashi, Tetsuya ; Etoh, Yoshiki ; Shinohara, Yuji ; Kurata, Yasuo ; Ishida, Miki ; Sakamoto, Shigeru ; Takeda, Naokazu ; Miyamura, Tatsuo
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We investigated a case of hepatitis E acquired after persons ate wild boar meat. Genotype 3 hepatitis E virus (HEV) RNA was detected in both patient serum and wild boar meat. These findings provided direct evidence of zoonotic foodborne transmission of HEV from a wild boar to a human.
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Animals Base Sequence Female Food Microbiology Hepatitis E Virus Humans Meat Middle Aged Phylogeny Sus Scrofa Swine Diseases Zoonoses
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Emerg Infect Dis. 11(12):1958-1960.
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Journal Article
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11
Issue:

12
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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