Infection of a Japanese patient by genotype 4 hepatitis e virus while traveling in Vietnam.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Koizumi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC497618 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature