Acute Hepatitis Associated With Autochthonous Hepatitis E Virus Infection--San Antonio, Texas, 2009 | Zendy

Rania A. Tohme | Zendy; Jan Drobeniuc | Zendy; Rosa Sánchez | Zendy; Gary Heseltine | Zendy; Bryan J. Alsip | Zendy; Shifaq Kamili | Zendy; Dale J. Hu | Zendy; Fernando Guerra | Zendy; Eyasu H. Teshale | Zendy

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Acute Hepatitis Associated With Autochthonous Hepatitis E Virus Infection--San Antonio, Texas, 2009

Author(s) -

Rania A. Tohme,

Jan Drobeniuc,

Rosa Sánchez,

Gary Heseltine,

Bryan J. Alsip,

Shifaq Kamili,

Dale J. Hu,

Fernando Guerra,

Eyasu H. Teshale

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cir453

Subject(s) - medicine , virology , hepatitis e virus , acute hepatitis , hepatitis a virus , transmission (telecommunications) , hepatitis , hepatitis e , genotype , hepatitis c virus , virus , hepatitis a , hepatitis virus , biology , biochemistry , gene , electrical engineering , engineering

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.

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