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    Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Dec;11(12):1958-60.

    Hepatitis E virus transmission from wild boar meat.

    Li TC, Chijiwa K, Sera N, Ishibashi T, Etoh Y, Shinohara Y, Kurata Y, Ishida M, Sakamoto S, Takeda N, Miyamura T.

    National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.

    We investigated a case of hepatitis E acquired after persons ate wild boar meat. Genotype 3 hepatitis E virus (HEV) RNA was detected in both patient serum and wild boar meat. These findings provided direct evidence of zoonotic foodborne transmission of HEV from a wild boar to a human.

    PMID: 16485490 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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