Abstract
Hepatitis E is transmitted mainly by water or food, but in industrialized countries, all routes of transmission have not been identified. We describe possible zoonotic transmission of hepatitis E virus that involved direct contact between a pet pig and its owner.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Animals
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Animals, Domestic
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Antibodies, Viral / blood
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Disease Reservoirs / veterinary
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Disease Reservoirs / virology
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Gene Amplification
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Genotype
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Hepatitis E / transmission*
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Hepatitis E / veterinary
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Hepatitis E / virology
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Hepatitis E virus / classification
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Hepatitis E virus / immunology
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Hepatitis E virus / isolation & purification*
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Humans
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Liver / enzymology
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Open Reading Frames
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Phylogeny
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RNA, Viral / chemistry
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RNA, Viral / genetics
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Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Species Specificity
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Swine
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Swine Diseases / transmission*
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Swine Diseases / virology
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Zoonoses*
Substances
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Antibodies, Viral
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RNA, Viral