Human and porcine hepatitis E virus strains, United Kingdom.
We describe a case of acquired infection of a strain of hepatitis E virus (HEV) with a 100% amino acid identity to the analogous region in strains of HEV circulating in a United Kingdom pig herd. This case further supports the theory that autochthonous HEV infection in industrialized countries is zoonotic.
Banks
Malcolm
M
Veterinary Laboratories Agency, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom. m.banks@vla.defra.gsi.gov.uk
Bendall
Richard
R
Grierson
Sylvia
S
Heath
Graham
G
Mitchell
Jonathon
J
Dalton
Harry
H
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology*; D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D006113:United Kingdom; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000821:virology*