Three cases of acute or fulminant hepatitis E caused by ingestion of pork meat and entrails in Hokkaido, Japan: Zoonotic food-borne transmission of hepatitis E virus and public health concerns

Hepatology Research

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 870-878

  Miyashita, Kencho ^a,c   Kang, Jong Hon ^b   Saga, Akiyoshi ^c   Takahashi, Kazuaki ^e   Shimamura, Tsuyoshi ^d   Yasumoto, Atsushi ^a   Fukushima, Hiraku ^a   Sogabe, Susumu ^a   Konishi, Kouhei ^a   Uchida, Takumi ^a   Fujinaga, Akira ^a   Matsui, Takeshi ^b   Sakurai, Yasuo ^b   Tsuji, Kunihiko ^b   Maguchi, Hiroyuki ^b   Taniguchi, Masahiko ^d   Abe, Natsumi ^e   Fazle Akbar, Sheikh Mohammad ^e   Arai, Masahiro ^e   Mishiro, Shunji ^e  

^a Abashiri Kosei General Hospital   (Japan)

^b TEINE KEIJINKAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Aiiku Hospital   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e Shinagawa ku   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fulminant hepatitis; Genotype 4; Hepatitis E; Kitami Abashiri strains; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD POISONING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 84865115065     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: 1872034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2012.01006.x     Document Type: Article

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