Acute Hepatitis Associated With Autochthonous Hepatitis E Virus Infection—San Antonio, Texas, 2009

• Published in: Clinical infectious diseases Vol. 53; no. 8; pp. 793 - 796
• Main Authors: Tohme, Rania A., Drobeniuc, Jan, Sanchez, Roger, Heseltine, Gary, Alsip, Bryan, Kamili, Saleem, Hu, Dale J., Guerra, Fernando, Teshale, Eyasu H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 15.10.2011
• Subjects: Adult; Animals; Antibodies; Biological and medical sciences; BRIEF REPORT; Disease Reservoirs; Disease transmission; Fatal Outcome; Female; Foodborne Diseases; Genome, Viral - genetics; Genotype; Genotype & phenotype; Genotypes; Hepatitis; Hepatitis Antibodies - blood; Hepatitis E; Hepatitis E - diagnosis; Hepatitis E - transmission; Hepatitis E - virology; Hepatitis E virus; Hepatitis E virus - genetics; Hepatitis E virus - immunology; Hepatitis E virus - isolation & purification; Hospital admissions; Human viral diseases; Humans; Industrialized nations; Infections; Infectious diseases; Liver; Meats; Medical sciences; Phylogeny; Retrospective Studies; RNA; RNA, Viral - genetics; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Swine; Swine Diseases - transmission; Swine Diseases - virology; Texas; Viral diseases; Viral hepatitis; Young Adult; Zoonoses; United States; North America; Texas; America; San Antonio Texas; Infection; Virus; Calicivirus; Caliciviridae; Viral disease; Acute; Digestive diseases; Hepatic disease; Autochthonous; Viral hepatitis E; Hepatitis E virus
• ISSN: 1058-4838; 1537-6591
• DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir453

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.