Male patient with acute hepatitis E in Genoa, Italy: Figatelli (pork liver sausage) as probable source of the infection

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages e4-e6

  Garbuglia, A R ^a   Alessandrini, A I ^b   Pavio, N ^c   Tesse S ^d   Grignolo, S ^b   Viscoli, C ^b   Lapa, D ^a   Capobianchi, M R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c ANSES   (France)

^d Hôpital des Armées Val de Grace   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; ITALY; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FOOD POISONING; GENETICS; MEAT; PIG; VIROLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANIMALS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT PRODUCTS; SWINE;

EID: 84926391857     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2014.07.007     Document Type: Letter

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