Wildlife Reservoir for Hepatitis E Virus, Southwestern France

Pigs are a reservoir for hepatitis E virus (HEV). To determine the relative contribution of game to the risk for human HEV infection in southwestern France, we tested wildlife samples. HEV RNA was in 3.3% of wildlife livers, indicating that in this region, eating game meat is as risky as eating pork...

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Autores principales: Lhomme, Sebastien, Top, Sokunthea, Bertagnoli, Stephane, Dubois, Martine, Guerin, Jean-Luc, Izopet, Jacques
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4480389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26079541
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2107.141909
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author Lhomme, Sebastien
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Dubois, Martine
Guerin, Jean-Luc
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description Pigs are a reservoir for hepatitis E virus (HEV). To determine the relative contribution of game to the risk for human HEV infection in southwestern France, we tested wildlife samples. HEV RNA was in 3.3% of wildlife livers, indicating that in this region, eating game meat is as risky as eating pork.
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spelling pubmed-44803892015-07-01 Wildlife Reservoir for Hepatitis E Virus, Southwestern France Lhomme, Sebastien Top, Sokunthea Bertagnoli, Stephane Dubois, Martine Guerin, Jean-Luc Izopet, Jacques Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Pigs are a reservoir for hepatitis E virus (HEV). To determine the relative contribution of game to the risk for human HEV infection in southwestern France, we tested wildlife samples. HEV RNA was in 3.3% of wildlife livers, indicating that in this region, eating game meat is as risky as eating pork. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4480389/ /pubmed/26079541 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2107.141909 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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