Hepatitis E virus transmission from wild boar meat

Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Dec;11(12):1958-60. doi: 10.3201/eid1112.051041.

Abstract

We investigated a case of hepatitis E acquired after persons ate wild boar meat. Genotype 3 hepatitis E virus (HEV) RNA was detected in both patient serum and wild boar meat. These findings provided direct evidence of zoonotic foodborne transmission of HEV from a wild boar to a human.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Female
  • Food Microbiology
  • Hepatitis E / transmission*
  • Hepatitis E / veterinary*
  • Hepatitis E / virology
  • Hepatitis E virus / genetics
  • Hepatitis E virus / isolation & purification*
  • Humans
  • Meat / virology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Phylogeny
  • Sus scrofa / virology*
  • Swine Diseases / transmission*
  • Swine Diseases / virology
  • Zoonoses / transmission
  • Zoonoses / virology*