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Acute hepatitis associated with autochthonous hepatitis E virus infection--San Antonio, Texas, 2009.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Oct 2011
Tohme Rania A, Drobeniuc Jan, Sanchez Roger, Heseltine Gary, Alsip Bryan, Kamili Saleem, Hu Dale J, Guerra Fernando, Teshale Eyasu H
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Locally acquired hepatitis E infection is increasingly being observed in industrialized countries. We report 2 cases of autochthonous acute hepatitis E in the United States. Hepatitis E virus genotype 3a related to US-2 and swine hepatitis E virus strains was isolated from one of the patients, indicating potential food-borne or zoonotic transmission.
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