The first case of genotype 4 hepatitis E related to wild boar in South Korea.
Several cases of serologically diagnosed hepatitis E have been reported in South Korea; however, there have been no documented cases of zoonotic transmission with virologic characterization of hepatitis E virus (HEV). We report on a sporadic case of autochthonous acute hepatitis E after ingestion of raw bile juice obtained from a wild boar living on a domestic mountain in a southern part of Korea. It is the first case of hepatitis E acquired through presumably zoonotic transmission, which was verified as genotype 4 HEV.
Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gumi-dong 300, Seongnam-si, Republic of Korea.
Yeo Myeong
YM
Kim
Sook-Hyang
SH
Jeong
Jong Yeop
JY
Kim
Joon Chang
JC
Song
Ji Hye
JH
Lee
Jin-Wook
JW
Kim
Haesun
H
Yun
Jin Seon
JS
Kim
D000818:Animals; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology; D005838:Genotype; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology*; D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D056910:Republic of Korea; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D034421:Sus scrofa / Q000821:virology*; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000821:virology*
D012367:RNA, Viral