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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2004, p. 3883-3885, Vol. 42, No. 8
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.8.3883-3885.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Infection of a Japanese Patient by Genotype 4 Hepatitis E Virus While Traveling in Vietnam

Yuko Koizumi,1 Norio Isoda,1 Yukihiro Sato,1 Takaaki Iwaki,1 Kazunori Ono,1 Kenichi Ido,1 Kentaro Sugano,1 Masaharu Takahashi,2 Tsutomu Nishizawa,2 and Hiroaki Okamoto2*

Department of Gastroenterology,1 Division of Virology, Department of Infection and Immunity, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi-Ken, Japan2

Received 23 March 2004/ Returned for modification 12 April 2004/ Accepted 22 April 2004

Cases of imported hepatitis E in industrialized countries infected with a genotype 1 hepatitis E virus (HEV) have been identified. We report a 56-year-old Japanese man who acquired infection with a genotype 4 HEV with 98.8% identity to a Vietnamese isolate after ingestion of uncooked shellfish while traveling in Vietnam.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Virology, Department of Infection and Immunity, Jichi Medical School, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Minamikawachi-Machi, Tochigi-Ken 329-0498, Japan. Phone: 81-285-58-7404. Fax: 81-285-44-1557. E-mail: hokamoto{at}jichi.ac.jp.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2004, p. 3883-3885, Vol. 42, No. 8
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.8.3883-3885.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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