Frequent hepatitis E virus contamination in food containing raw pork liver, France

Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Nov;20(11):1925-7. doi: 10.3201/eid2011.140891.

Abstract

Food products containing raw pork liver are suspected to be vehicles for transmission of hepatitis E virus. Four categories of food products, comprising 394 samples, were analyzed to determine hepatitis E virus prevalence. Virus was detected in 3%-30% of the different categories. Phylogenetic analysis showed high identity with human and swine sequences.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Food Contamination*
  • Food Microbiology*
  • France / epidemiology
  • Hepatitis E / epidemiology
  • Hepatitis E / transmission
  • Hepatitis E virus / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Liver / virology*
  • Meat / virology*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • Prevalence
  • RNA, Viral
  • Swine
  • Viral Proteins / genetics

Substances

  • ORF2 protein, Hepatitis E virus
  • RNA, Viral
  • Viral Proteins

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