Rat Hepatitis e Virus Linked to Severe Acute Hepatitis in an Immunocompetent Patient

Anton Andonov, Mark Robbins, Jamie Borlang, Jingxin Cao, Todd Hatchette, Ashley Stueck, Yvon Deschambault, Kyle Murnaghan, Jessy Varga, Lynn Johnston

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Résumé

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a major public health concern in developing countries where the primary transmission is via contaminated water. Zoonotic HEV cases have been increasingly described in Europe, Japan, and the United States, with pigs representing the main animal reservoir of infection. We report an unusual acute hepatitis infection in a previously healthy man caused by a rat HEV with a considerably divergent genomic sequence compared with other rat HEV strains. It is possible that rat HEV is an underrecognized cause of hepatitis infection, and further studies are necessary to elucidate its potential risk and mode of transmission.

Langue d'origineEnglish
Pages (de-à)951-955
Nombre de pages5
JournalJournal of Infectious Diseases
Volume220
Numéro de publication6
DOI
Statut de publicationPublished - août 9 2019

Note bibliographique

Funding Information:
Financial support. This work was supported by the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Immunology and Allergy
  • Infectious Diseases

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