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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2004, p. 5371-5374, Vol. 42, No. 11
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.11.5371-5374.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Prevalence of Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) Infection in Wild Boars and Deer and Genetic Identification of a Genotype 3 HEV from a Boar in Japan

Hideto Sonoda,1 Masahiko Abe,2 Takeshi Sugimoto,3 Yukihiro Sato,4 Masashi Bando,5 Emiko Fukui,6 Hitoshi Mizuo,7 Masaharu Takahashi,8 Tsutomu Nishizawa,8 and Hiroaki Okamoto8*

Nishiarita Kyoritsu Hospital, Saga-Ken,1 Hokkaido Prefectural Haboro Hospital,2 Department of Internal Medicine, Kin-ikyo Chuo Hospital, Hokkaido,7 Yamakuni-machi Tsukinoki Clinic, Oita-Ken,3 Division of Gastroenterology,4 Division of Pulmonary Medicine,5 Department of Medicine, and Division of Virology, Department of Infection and Immunity, Jichi Medical School,8 Department of Animal Breeding and Reproduction, Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, Tochigi-Ken, Japan6

Received 26 May 2004/ Returned for modification 18 July 2004/ Accepted 21 July 2004

Zoonotic transmission of hepatitis E virus (HEV) from captured wild deer or boars to humans has been suggested. Antibody to HEV was detected in 9% of 35 wild boars and 2% of 117 wild deer tested, and a presumably indigenous HEV of genotype 3 was isolated from a boar in Japan.

* 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, November 2004, p. 5371-5374, Vol. 42, No. 11
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.11.5371-5374.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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