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Case Report | Case Rep J. 2017;1(1):003 | Open Access

New Subcluster of HEV Genotype 3 Strains Linked to the First Confirmed Swiss Case of Foodborne Hepatitis E Infection

Claudia Bachofen, Jakub Kubacki, Marco Jermini, Petra Giannini, Gladys Martinetti, Paolo Ripellino, Enos Bernasconi, Cornel Fraefel and Roger Stephan

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Abstract

We describe the first confirmed foodborne Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in Switzerland linked to the consumption of a raw sausage (“mortadella di fegato cruda” type) containing pig liver and the appearance of a new “Swiss” subcluster of genotype 3 HEV strains.

Keywords: HEV Genotype 3, Foodborne Hepatitis E Infection

Citation: Bachofen C, Kubacki J, Jermini M, Giannini P, Martinetti G, Ripellino P, et al. New Subcluster of HEV Genotype 3 Strains Linked to the First Confirmed Swiss Case of Foodborne Hepatitis E Infection. Case Rep J. 2017;1(1):003

 

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