Complete Genome Sequences of Two Swiss Hepatitis E Virus Isolates from Human Stool and Raw Pork Sausage

Jakub Kubacki; Cornel Fraefel; Marco Jermini; Petra Giannini; Gladys Martinetti; Paolo Ripellino; Enos Bernasconi; Xaver Sidler; Roger Stephan; Claudia Bachofen

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00888-17

Complete Genome Sequences of Two Swiss Hepatitis E Virus Isolates from Human Stool and Raw Pork Sausage

Genome Announc. 2017 Aug 31;5(35):e00888-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00888-17.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Virology, Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
² Department of Health, Cantonal Laboratory Ticino, Division of Public Health, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
³ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Laboratory of Bacteriology, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
⁴ Neurology Department, Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
⁵ Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases Department, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
⁶ Department of Farm Animals, Division of Swine Medicine, Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁷ Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁸ Institute of Virology, Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland claudia.bachofen@uzh.ch.

Abstract

We present here the full-length genome sequences of two hepatitis E virus genotype 3 (HEV-3) isolates from a human stool sample from a patient with acute hepatitis and a raw sausage containing pig liver. Sequence analysis implies that Swiss HEV isolates may form a novel subgroup of HEV-3 viruses.