Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mar 2013)

Hepatitis E Virus Mixed Infection in Immunocompetent Patient

  • Donald B. Smith,
  • Jeff Vanek,
  • Louise Wellington,
  • Ingolfur Johannessen,
  • Sandeep Ramalingam,
  • Peter Simmonds

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1903.121510
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 3
pp. 468 – 470

Abstract

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We detected 2 hepatitis E virus (HEV) strains in an acutely infected immunocompetent patient. Two populations of genotype 3 virus were observed in the hypervariable regions and open reading frames 2 and 3, indicating multiple infection with hepatitis E virus. Persons with mixed infections may provide the opportunity for virus recombination.

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