title: Hepatitis E virus genotype 4 outbreak, Italy, 2011.
abstract: During 2011, 5 persons in the area of Lazio, Italy were infected with a monophyletic strain of hepatitis E virus that showed high sequence homology with isolates from swine in China. Detection of this genotype in Italy parallels findings in other countries in Europe, signaling the possible spread of strains new to Western countries.
authors.affiliation: Lazzaro Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Anna R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Garbuglia
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Scognamiglio
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Petrosillo
authors.forename: Claudio Maria
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Mastroianni
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sordillo
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gentile
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: La Scala
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Girardi
authors.forename: Maria R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Capobianchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002681:China; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005838:Genotype; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D058889:Molecular Typing; D010802:Phylogeny; D058974:Phylogeography; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral