A case of autochthonous hepatitis e infected with subgenotype 4A hepatitis E virus endemic in China without overseas travel

Naoki Nakagawa, Tatsunori Nakano, Ryohei Sak-Aguchi, Toshitaka Fukui, Kunihiro Higuchi, Shigehito Nakashima, Satoshi Takaji, Miho Miyoshi, Shigeo Nagashima, Masaharu Takahashi, Shozo Watanabe, Yoshiyuki Takei, Hiroaki Okamoto

研究成果: ジャーナルへの寄稿学術論文査読

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We experienced a case of autochthonous hepatitis E by hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotype 4. The phyloge-netic tree analysis indicated that the HEV isolate ob-tained from the patient was segregated into the HEV subgenotype 4a (HEV-4a) cluster. The patient had no history of travel abroad, e.g., to China, where HEV-4a strains are endemic. The source and the route of the HEV-4a infection were unknown. Strains of HEV-4a may be indigenous to Japan despite remaining unde-tected to date, either in swine or wild animals. Addi-tional HEV subgenotypes circulating in swine and wild animals in Japan require investigation to reveal the characteristics of HEV-4a infection in autochthonous cases in Japan.

本文言語英語
ページ(範囲)270-272
ページ数3
ジャーナルKanzo/Acta Hepatologica Japonica
61
5
DOI
出版ステータス出版済み - 2020
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • 肝臓学

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