Acute hepatitis associated with autochthonous hepatitis E virus infection--San Antonio, Texas, 2009

Rania A Tohme; Jan Drobeniuc; Roger Sanchez; Gary Heseltine; Bryan Alsip; Saleem Kamili; Dale J Hu; Fernando Guerra; Eyasu H Teshale

doi:10.1093/cid/cir453

Acute hepatitis associated with autochthonous hepatitis E virus infection--San Antonio, Texas, 2009

Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Oct;53(8):793-6. doi: 10.1093/cid/cir453. Epub 2011 Sep 6.

Authors

Rania A Tohme¹, Jan Drobeniuc, Roger Sanchez, Gary Heseltine, Bryan Alsip, Saleem Kamili, Dale J Hu, Fernando Guerra, Eyasu H Teshale

Affiliation

¹ Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. rtohme@cdc.gov

PMID: 21896699
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir453

Abstract

Locally acquired hepatitis E infection is increasingly being observed in industrialized countries. We report 2 cases of autochthonous acute hepatitis E in the United States. Hepatitis E virus genotype 3a related to US-2 and swine hepatitis E virus strains was isolated from one of the patients, indicating potential food-borne or zoonotic transmission.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Animals
Disease Reservoirs
Fatal Outcome
Female
Foodborne Diseases
Genome, Viral / genetics
Genotype
Hepatitis Antibodies / blood*
Hepatitis E / diagnosis*
Hepatitis E / transmission
Hepatitis E / virology
Hepatitis E virus / genetics
Hepatitis E virus / immunology*
Hepatitis E virus / isolation & purification
Humans
Phylogeny
RNA, Viral / genetics
Retrospective Studies
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Swine
Swine Diseases / transmission
Swine Diseases / virology*
Texas
Young Adult
Zoonoses

Substances

Hepatitis Antibodies
RNA, Viral