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
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Food Contamination*
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Food Microbiology*
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France / epidemiology
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Hepatitis E / epidemiology
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Hepatitis E / transmission
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Hepatitis E virus / genetics*
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Humans
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Liver / virology*
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Meat / virology*
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Phylogeny
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Prevalence
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RNA, Viral
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Swine
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Viral Proteins / genetics
Substances
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ORF2 protein, Hepatitis E virus
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RNA, Viral
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Viral Proteins
Associated data
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