Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2004)

Human and Porcine Hepatitis E Virus Strains, United Kingdom

  • Malcolm Banks,
  • Richard Bendall,
  • Sylvia Grierson,
  • Graham Heath,
  • Jonathon Mitchell,
  • Harry R. Dalton

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1005.030908
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 5
pp. 953 – 955

Abstract

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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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