Volume 17, Number 11—November 2011
CME ACTIVITY
Close Similarity between Sequences of Hepatitis E Virus Recovered from Humans and Swine, France, 2008−2009
Jérôme Bouquet, Sophie Tessé, Aurélie Lunazzi, Marc Eloit, Nicolas Rose, Elisabeth Nicand, and Nicole Pavio
Table 1
Proportions of subtypes of HEV strains identified in 106 humans and 43 swine, France, May 2008–November 2009*
| Sequences |
No. (%) isolates
|
Total no. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subtype 3c | Subtype 3e | Subtype 3f | Undefined subtype | ||
| Human HEV | 16 (15.1) | 5 (4.7) | 77 (72.6) | 8 (7.6) | 106 |
| Swine HEV | 4 (9.3) | 2 (4.7) | 33 (76.7) | 4 (9.3) | 43 |
| Total HEV | 20 (13.4) | 7 (4.7) | 110 (73.8) | 12 (8.1) | 149 |
*HEV, hepatitis E virus.
