Consumption of wild boar linked to cases of hepatitis E [1]

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 869-870

  Tamada, Yoko ^a   Yano, Koji ^a   Yatsuhashi, Hiroshi ^a   Inoue, Osami ^b   Mawatari, Fumihiro ^b   Ishibashi, Hiromi ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGASAKI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUS SCROFA LEUCOMYSTAX; SWINE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; SWINE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 1942470984     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2003.12.026     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

1. Emerson S.U., Purcell R.H. Hepatitis E virus. Rev Med Virol. 13:2003;145-154.
2. Nishizawa T., Takahashi M., Mizuo H., Miyajima H., Gotanda Y., Okamoto H. Characterization of Japanese swine and human hepatitis E virus isolates of genotype IV with 99% identity over the entire genome. J Gen Virol. 84:2003;1245-1251.
3. Tei S., Kitajima N., Takahashi K., Mishiro S. Zoonotic transmission of hepatitis E virus from deer to human beings. Lancet. 362:2003;371-373.
4. Takahashi K., Iwata K., Watanabe N., Hatahara T., Ohta Y., Baba K., et al. Full-genome nucleotide sequence of a hepatitis E virus strain that may be indigenous to Japan. Virology. 287:2001;9-12.
5. Matsuda H., Okada K., Takahashi K., Mishiro S. Severe hepatitis E virus infection after ingestion of uncooked liver from a wild boar. J Infect Dis. 188:2003;944.