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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 77(5), 2007, pp. 893-896
Copyright © 2007 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Autochthonous Hepatitis E Infection in a Slaughterhouse Worker

Maria Teresa Pérez-Gracia*, Maria Luisa Mateos, Carolina Galiana, Salceda Fernández-Barredo, Angel García, Maria Teresa Gómez, AND Victor Moreira
Departamento de Atención Sanitaria, Salud Pública y Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales y de la Salud, Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, Moncada, Valencia, Spain; Servicio Microbiología, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain; Servicio de Gastroenterología, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain

We report the first hepatitis E infection case detected in a slaughterhouse worker. The identified strain belonged to genotype 3, subtype 3f. Partial sequence analysis of the strain isolated from his serum showed a percentage of nucleotide homology ranging from 83.4% up to 97.3% compared with European human and swine strains, respectively. These findings point strongly to hepatitis E virus as a vocationally acquired illness by means of the manipulation of infected organs from pigs.

Received May 11, 2007. Accepted for publication July 14, 2007.

Financial support: This work was supported by a grant from CEU Cardenal Herrera University (PRUCH 06/21).

* Address correspondence to Maria Teresa Pérez-Gracia, Departamento de Atención Sanitaria, Salud Pública y Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales y de la Salud, Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, Avenida Seminario s/n 46113, Moncada, Valencia, Spain. E-mail: teresa{at}uch.ceu.es

Authors’ addresses: Maria Teresa Pérez Gracia, M.T. Pérez-Gracia, C. Galiana, S. Fernández-Barredo, and A. García, M.T. Gómez, Departamento de Atención Sanitaria, Salud Pública y Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales y de la Salud, Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, Avenida Seminario s/n 46113, Moncada, Valencia, Spain. M.L. Mateos, Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Ctra de Colmenar Km 9.1, Madrid 28034, Spain. V. Moreira, Servicio de Gastroenterología, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Ctra de Colmenar Km 9.1, Madrid 28034, Spain.






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