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Locally acquired hepatitis E virus infection, El Paso, Texas
Author(s) -
Amon Joseph J.,
Drobeniuc Jan,
Bower William A.,
Magaña Jorge C.,
Escobedo Miguel A.,
Williams Ian T.,
Bell Beth P.,
Armstrong Gregory L.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/jmv.20617
Subject(s) - hepatitis e virus , virology , acute hepatitis , hepatitis a virus , virus , hepatitis , hepatitis e , population , medicine , hepatitis a , viral hepatitis , biology , environmental health , genotype , gene , biochemistry
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an enterically transmitted RNA virus that causes both epidemic and sporadic cases of acute hepatitis. Despite sero‐surveys showing antibody to HEV in up to 36% of the US population, acute hepatitis E has been reported among individuals with no history of international travel only three times in the United States. We report a case of apparently locally‐acquired hepatitis E that occurred in El Paso, Texas that was 98% similar to a previously isolated HEV found in swine in the United States. Like the three previous cases, a thorough investigation found no conclusive sources of infection. Active case surveillance found no additional cases.J. Med. Virol. 78:741–746, 2006. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.