title: Acute hepatitis associated with autochthonous hepatitis E virus infection--San Antonio, Texas, 2009.
abstract: Locally acquired hepatitis E infection is increasingly being observed in industrialized countries. We report 2 cases of autochthonous acute hepatitis E in the United States. Hepatitis E virus genotype 3a related to US-2 and swine hepatitis E virus strains was isolated from one of the patients, indicating potential food-borne or zoonotic transmission.
authors: Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. rtohme@cdc.gov
authors: Rania A
authors: RA
authors: Tohme
authors: Jan
authors: J
authors: Drobeniuc
authors: Roger
authors: R
authors: Sanchez
authors: Gary
authors: G
authors: Heseltine
authors: Bryan
authors: B
authors: Alsip
authors: Saleem
authors: S
authors: Kamili
authors: Dale J
authors: DJ
authors: Hu
authors: Fernando
authors: F
authors: Guerra
authors: Eyasu H
authors: EH
authors: Teshale
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005517:Foodborne Diseases; D016679:Genome, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D005838:Genotype; D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies / Q000097:blood*; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology*; D013781:Texas; D055815:Young Adult; D015047:Zoonoses
chemical_list: D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies; D012367:RNA, Viral