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Risk factors and sources of foodborne hepatitis E virus infection in the United States.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Sept 2016
Cossaboom Caitlin M, Heffron Connie L, Cao Dianjun, Yugo Danielle M, Houk-Miles Alice E, Lindsay David S, Zajac Anne M, Bertke Andrea S, Elvinger François, Meng Xiang-Jin
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an important human pathogen with pigs and other species serving as natural animal reservoirs. Ample evidence documents sporadic cases of hepatitis E acquired via consumption of undercooked meat. Chronic hepatitis E cases in immunosuppressed individuals are mostly caused by zoonotic HEV of swine origin. We report here the identification of genotype 3 HEV from non-liver commercial pork...
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