title: Autochthonous hepatitis E infection in a slaughterhouse worker.
abstract: We report the first hepatitis E infection case detected in a slaughterhouse worker. The identified strain belonged to genotype 3, subtype 3f. Partial sequence analysis of the strain isolated from his serum showed a percentage of nucleotide homology ranging from 83.4% up to 97.3% compared with European human and swine strains, respectively. These findings point strongly to hepatitis E virus as a vocationally acquired illness by means of the manipulation of infected organs from pigs.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Atención Sanitaria, Salud Pública y Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales y de la Salud, Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, Moncada, Valencia, Spain. teresa@uch.ceu.es
authors.forename: Maria Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Pérez-Gracia
authors.forename: Maria Luisa
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Mateos
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Galiana
authors.forename: Salceda
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fernández-Barredo
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: Maria Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Gómez
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Moreira
mesh_terms: D000003:Abattoirs; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000097:blood / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology*; D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000235:genetics; D006521:Hepatitis, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M