Hepatitis E virus transmission from wild boar meat.
We investigated a case of hepatitis E acquired after persons ate wild boar meat. Genotype 3 hepatitis E virus (HEV) RNA was detected in both patient serum and wild boar meat. These findings provided direct evidence of zoonotic foodborne transmission of HEV from a wild boar to a human.
National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
Tian-Cheng
TC
Li
Katsumi
K
Chijiwa
Nobuyuki
N
Sera
Tetsuya
T
Ishibashi
Yoshiki
Y
Etoh
Yuji
Y
Shinohara
Yasuo
Y
Kurata
Miki
M
Ishida
Shigeru
S
Sakamoto
Naokazu
N
Takeda
Tatsuo
T
Miyamura
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D005260:Female; D005516:Food Microbiology; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000635:transmission* / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat / Q000821:virology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010802:Phylogeny; D034421:Sus scrofa / Q000821:virology*; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology*