Abstract
Foodborne transmission of hepatitis E virus from raw pork liver sausage, France.
Highlights
To the Editor: The number of sporadic autochthonous cases of acute hepatitis E is increasing in many industrialized countries (1)
Risk for foodborne transmission from pork is recognized, we report here direct hepatitis E virus (HEV) transmission through ingestion of raw pig liver sausages in southeastern France
A serum sample collected on December 20 tested positive for HEV RNA; viral load was 3.3 log[10] IU/ mL (Ceeram, La Chapelle sur Erdre, France), and IgM and IgG against HEV were found (Wantai, Beijing, China), which led to the diagnosis of acute hepatitis E
Summary
To the Editor: The number of sporadic autochthonous cases of acute hepatitis E is increasing in many industrialized countries (1). Foodborne Transmission of Hepatitis E Virus from Raw Pork Liver Sausage, France These cases involve hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotypes 3 and 4, which are zoonotic.
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