Wildlife Reservoir for Hepatitis E Virus, Southwestern France

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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Main Authors: Sebastien Lhomme, Sokunthea Top, Stephane Bertagnoli, Martine Dubois, Jean-Luc Guerin, Jacques Izopet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
hepatitis E virus
reservoir
wildlife
viruses
France
hepatitis
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/7/14-1909_article
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spelling doaj-75051fa5b8af497cab968ff815de30fa2020-11-25T01:11:56ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592015-07-012171224122610.3201/eid2107.141909Wildlife Reservoir for Hepatitis E Virus, Southwestern FranceSebastien LhommeSokunthea TopStephane BertagnoliMartine DuboisJean-Luc GuerinJacques IzopetPigs 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.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/7/14-1909_articlehepatitis E virusreservoirwildlifevirusesFrancehepatitis
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author Sebastien Lhomme
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Martine Dubois
Jean-Luc Guerin
Jacques Izopet
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Sokunthea Top
Stephane Bertagnoli
Martine Dubois
Jean-Luc Guerin
Jacques Izopet
Wildlife Reservoir for Hepatitis E Virus, Southwestern France
Emerging Infectious Diseases
hepatitis E virus
reservoir
wildlife
viruses
France
hepatitis
author_facet Sebastien Lhomme
Sokunthea Top
Stephane Bertagnoli
Martine Dubois
Jean-Luc Guerin
Jacques Izopet
author_sort Sebastien Lhomme
title Wildlife Reservoir for Hepatitis E Virus, Southwestern France
title_short Wildlife Reservoir for Hepatitis E Virus, Southwestern France
title_full Wildlife Reservoir for Hepatitis E Virus, Southwestern France
title_fullStr Wildlife Reservoir for Hepatitis E Virus, Southwestern France
title_full_unstemmed Wildlife Reservoir for Hepatitis E Virus, Southwestern France
title_sort wildlife reservoir for hepatitis e virus, southwestern france
publisher Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
series Emerging Infectious Diseases
issn 1080-6040
1080-6059
publishDate 2015-07-01
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.
topic hepatitis E virus
reservoir
wildlife
viruses
France
hepatitis
url https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/7/14-1909_article
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