Identification of a novel variant of human hepatitis E virus in Hungary.
First human case of hepatitis E infection detected in Hungary is reported. This hepatitis E virus (HEV), Hungary1, belongs to genotype 3 and had 95% and 90% nucleotide identity within the capsid region of the European swine and human (Greece2) strains, respectively. Hungary1 represents a potential novel human variant of HEV in genus Hepevirus.
Reuter
Gábor
G
Regional Laboratory of Virology, ANTSZ Baranya County Institute of State Public Health Service, Szabadság u. 7, Pécs, Hungary. reuterg@baranya.antsz.hu
Fodor
Domonka
D
Kátai
Andrea
A
Szucs
György
G
D005260:Female; D005814:Genes, Viral; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000821:virology*; D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D014195:Travel