Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jul 2007)

Possible Zoonotic Transmission of Hepatitis E from Pet Pig to Its Owner

  • Christophe Renou,
  • Jean-Francois Cadranel,
  • Marc Bourlière,
  • Philippe Halfon,
  • Denis Ouzan,
  • Hervé Rifflet,
  • Philippe Carenco,
  • Abdelouahid Harafa,
  • Jean Jacques Bertrand,
  • Annie Boutrouille,
  • Pierre Muller,
  • Jean-Pierre Igual,
  • Anne Decoppet,
  • Marc Eloit,
  • Nicole Pavio

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1307.070063
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 7
pp. 1094 – 1094

Abstract

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Hepatitis E is transmitted mainly by water or food, but in industrialized countries, all routes of transmission have not been identified. We describe possible zoonotic transmission of hepatitis E virus that involved direct contact between a pet pig and its owner.

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