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JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY
Volume 78, Issue 6, Pages 741-746Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20617
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hepatitis E; United States; swine
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Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an enterically transmitted RNA virus that causes both epidemic and sporadic cases of acute hepatitis. Despite serosurveys showing antibody to HEV in up to 36% of the US population, acute hepatitis E has been reported among individuals with no history of international travel only three times in the United States. We report a case of apparently locally acquired hepatitis E that occurred in El Paso, Texas that was 98% similar to a previously isolated HEV found in swine in the United States. Like the three previous cases, a thorough investigation found no conclusive sources of infection. Active case surveillance found no additional cases.
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