Identification of Hepatitis E Virus Genotypes 3 and 7 in Israel: A Public Health Concern?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hepatitis E (HEV) is an emerging cause of viral hepatitis worldwide. Swine carrying hepatitis E genotype 3 (HEV-3) are responsible for the majority of chronic viral hepatitis cases in developed countries. Recently, genotype 7 (HEV-7), isolated from a dromedary camel in the United Arab Emirates, was also associated with chronic viral hepatitis in a transplant recipient. In Israel, chronic HEV infection has not yet been reported, although HEV seroprevalence in humans is ~10%. Camels and swine are >65% seropositive. Here we report on the isolation and characterization of HEV from local camels and swine.

Methods

Sera from camels (n = 142), feces from swine (n = 18) and blood from patients suspected of hepatitis E (n = 101) were collected during 20

SUBMITTER: Shirazi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8625709 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature