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Foodborne Transmission of Hepatitis E Virus from Raw Pork Liver Sausage, France
6 Oct 2014
Abstract excerpt
To the Editor: The number of sporadic autochthonous cases of acute hepatitis E is increasing in many industrialized countries (1). These cases involve hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotypes 3 and 4, which are zoonotic. Although risk for foodborne transmission from pork is now recognized, we report here direct HEV transmission through ingestion of raw pig liver sausages (figatellu [plural: figatelli]) in southeastern...
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