Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2017)

Hepatitis E Virus in Wild Boars and Spillover Infection in Red and Roe Deer, Germany, 2013–2015

  • Helena E. Anheyer-Behmenburg,
  • Kathrin Szabo,
  • Ulrich Schotte,
  • Alfred Binder,
  • Günter Klein,
  • Reimar Johne

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2301.161169
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 1
pp. 130 – 133

Abstract

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To determine animal hepatitis E virus (HEV) reservoirs, we analyzed serologic and molecular markers of HEV infection among wild animals in Germany. We detected HEV genotype 3 strains in inner organs and muscle tissues of a high percentage of wild boars and a lower percentage of deer, indicating a risk for foodborne infection of humans.

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