Genotype 3 hepatitis E virus HEV RNA was detected in both patient serum and wild boar meat These findings provided direct evidence of zoonotic foodborne transmission of HEV from a wild boar to a human epatitis E virus HEV a causative agent of human ID: 39216
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Hepatitis E VirusTransmission fromWild Boar MeatTian-Cheng Li,* Katsumi Chijiwa, Nobuyuki Sera, Tetsuya Ishibashi, Yoshiki Etoh, Yuji Shinohara, Yasuo Kurata,Naokazu Takeda,* and Tatsuo Miyamura* We investigated a case of hepatitis E acquired afterpersons ate wild boar meat. Genotype 3 hepatitis E virus(HEV) RNAwas detected in both patient serum and wildboar meat. These findings provided direct evidence of (1,2). HEVis trans-nated drinking water. However, recent studies havebodies to HEV, suggesting that hepatitis E is a zoonotic DISPATCHES 1960Emerging Infectious Diseases www.cdc.gov/eid Vol. 11, No. 12, December 2005 13. Takahashi M, Nishizawa T, Miyajima H, Gotanda Y, Iita T, Tsuda F,tis E virus. J Gen Virol. 2003;84:85162.Address for correspondence: Tatsuo Miyamura, Department of Virologymurayama, Tokyo, 208-0011, Japan; fax: 81-42-565-4279; email: Search