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Hepatitis E virus transmission from wild boar meat

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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 11, Issue 12, Pages 1958-1960

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CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL
DOI: 10.3201/eid1112.051041

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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.

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