Article: Hepatitis E virus infection is transmitted from uncooked deer meat to humans.

2003 SEP 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hepatitis E virus infection is transmitted from uncooked deer meat to humans.

"Zoonosis has been suggested for hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection, but so far is based only on indirect evidence. We experienced a series of cases of HEV infection among people who had eaten uncooked deer meat 6-7 weeks before," said S. Tei and colleagues, Toshiba General Hospital, Department of Medical Science.

"On testing, a leftover portion of the deer meat, kept frozen to eat in the future, was positive for HEV RNA, whose nucleotide sequence was identical to those from the patients," investigators reported.

"Patients' ...

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