Hepatitis E

Researchers Discover First Animal Strain of Hepatitis E Virus

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, September 15th, 1997

Scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in Bethesda, Maryland, have identified a strain of hepatitis E virus in pigs that is very similar to the strain that causes disease in humans.

There is no evidence, however, that the pig virus causes disease in either humans or pigs. The finding, published in the September 2, 1997 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, should help advance studies of hepatitis E disease in humans and eventually could lead to the development of a vaccine.

"This is a very interesting finding that will open new avenues of research, and contribute to strategies to...

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