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    Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 May;10(5):953-5.

    Human and porcine hepatitis E virus strains, United Kingdom.

    Banks M, Bendall R, Grierson S, Heath G, Mitchell J, Dalton H.

    Veterinary Laboratories Agency, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom. m.banks@vla.defra.gsi.gov.uk

    We describe a case of acquired infection of a strain of hepatitis E virus (HEV) with a 100% amino acid identity to the analogous region in strains of HEV circulating in a United Kingdom pig herd. This case further supports the theory that autochthonous HEV infection in industrialized countries is zoonotic.

    PMID: 15200841 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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