Rabbit Hepatitis E Virus Infections in Humans, France

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) has been detected in rabbits, but whether rabbit HEV strains can be transmitted to humans is not known. Of 919 HEV-infected patients in France during 2015–2016, five were infected with a rabbit HEV strain. None of the patients had direct contact with rabbits, suggesting foodb...

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Autores principales: Abravanel, Florence, Lhomme, Sébastien, El Costa, Hicham, Schvartz, Betoul, Peron, Jean-Marie, Kamar, Nassim, Izopet, Jacques
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5512490/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28628452
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2307.170318
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author Abravanel, Florence
Lhomme, Sébastien
El Costa, Hicham
Schvartz, Betoul
Peron, Jean-Marie
Kamar, Nassim
Izopet, Jacques
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description Hepatitis E virus (HEV) has been detected in rabbits, but whether rabbit HEV strains can be transmitted to humans is not known. Of 919 HEV-infected patients in France during 2015–2016, five were infected with a rabbit HEV strain. None of the patients had direct contact with rabbits, suggesting foodborne or waterborne infections.
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spelling pubmed-55124902017-07-19 Rabbit Hepatitis E Virus Infections in Humans, France Abravanel, Florence Lhomme, Sébastien El Costa, Hicham Schvartz, Betoul Peron, Jean-Marie Kamar, Nassim Izopet, Jacques Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Hepatitis E virus (HEV) has been detected in rabbits, but whether rabbit HEV strains can be transmitted to humans is not known. Of 919 HEV-infected patients in France during 2015–2016, five were infected with a rabbit HEV strain. None of the patients had direct contact with rabbits, suggesting foodborne or waterborne infections. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5512490/ /pubmed/28628452 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2307.170318 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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Abravanel, Florence
Lhomme, Sébastien
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Rabbit Hepatitis E Virus Infections in Humans, France
title Rabbit Hepatitis E Virus Infections in Humans, France
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title_short Rabbit Hepatitis E Virus Infections in Humans, France
title_sort rabbit hepatitis e virus infections in humans, france
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5512490/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2307.170318
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