title: Human and porcine hepatitis E virus strains, United Kingdom.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Laboratories Agency, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom. m.banks@vla.defra.gsi.gov.uk
authors.forename: Malcolm
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Banks
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bendall
authors.forename: Sylvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grierson
authors.forename: Graham
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Heath
authors.forename: Jonathon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: Harry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dalton
mesh_terms: 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*