title: Hepatitis E virus genotype 3 diversity, France.
abstract: We characterized 42 hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotype 3 strains from infected patients in France in 3 parts of the genome and sequenced the full-length HEV genotype 3f genome found in Europe. These strains are closely related to swine strains in Europe, which suggests zoonotic transmission of HEV in France.
authors.affiliation: Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Toulouse, France
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Legrand-Abravanel
authors.forename: Jean-Michel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mansuy
authors.forename: Martine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dubois
authors.forename: Nassim
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kamar
authors.forename: Jean-Marie
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Peron
authors.forename: Lionel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rostaing
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Izopet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D014644:Genetic Variation; D016679:Genome, Viral; D005838:Genotype; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000821:virology