Hepatitis E Virus Transmission from Wild Boar Meat
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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| author | Tian-Cheng Li Katsumi Chijiwa Nobuyuki Sera Tetsuya Ishibashi Yoshiki Etoh Yuji Shinohara Yasuo Kurata Miki Ishida Shigeru Sakamoto Naokazu Takeda Tatsuo Miyamura |
| author_facet | Tian-Cheng Li Katsumi Chijiwa Nobuyuki Sera Tetsuya Ishibashi Yoshiki Etoh Yuji Shinohara Yasuo Kurata Miki Ishida Shigeru Sakamoto Naokazu Takeda Tatsuo Miyamura |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-50a3dc4d66604d10b80cdcb2a6a3d28c2022-12-22T00:55:12ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592005-12-0111121958196010.3201/eid1112.051041Hepatitis E Virus Transmission from Wild Boar MeatTian-Cheng LiKatsumi ChijiwaNobuyuki SeraTetsuya IshibashiYoshiki EtohYuji ShinoharaYasuo KurataMiki IshidaShigeru SakamotoNaokazu TakedaTatsuo MiyamuraWe 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.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/12/05-1041_articleHepatitis Ehepatitis E viruszoonosiswild boarfoodborne infectiondispatch |
| spellingShingle | Tian-Cheng Li Katsumi Chijiwa Nobuyuki Sera Tetsuya Ishibashi Yoshiki Etoh Yuji Shinohara Yasuo Kurata Miki Ishida Shigeru Sakamoto Naokazu Takeda Tatsuo Miyamura Hepatitis E Virus Transmission from Wild Boar Meat Emerging Infectious Diseases Hepatitis E hepatitis E virus zoonosis wild boar foodborne infection dispatch |
| title | Hepatitis E Virus Transmission from Wild Boar Meat |
| title_full | Hepatitis E Virus Transmission from Wild Boar Meat |
| title_fullStr | Hepatitis E Virus Transmission from Wild Boar Meat |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hepatitis E Virus Transmission from Wild Boar Meat |
| title_short | Hepatitis E Virus Transmission from Wild Boar Meat |
| title_sort | hepatitis e virus transmission from wild boar meat |
| topic | Hepatitis E hepatitis E virus zoonosis wild boar foodborne infection dispatch |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/12/05-1041_article |
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