Volume 15, Number 5—May 2009
Research
Virulent Strain of Hepatitis E Virus Genotype 3, Japan
Table 1
Patient no. | Age, y/sex | Residence | Month of disease onset | Diagnosis | Nadir PT, % | Presumed route of transmission | Isolate name |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 50/M | Saitama | 1997 Apr | Acute hepatitis | 100 | Unknown | JIO-Sai97L |
2 | 76/M | Tottori | 2004 Jan | Acute hepatitis | 92 | Unknown | JYM-Tot04L |
3 | 63/M | Okinawa | 2004 May | Acute hepatitis | 46 | Unknown | JYU-Oki04L |
4 | 71/F | Okayama | 2004 Dec | Acute hepatitis | 75 | Pig liver | JSS-Oka04L |
5 | 65/M | Tottori | 2005 Jun | Acute severe hepatitis | 34 | Unknown | JIY-Tot05L |
6 | 78/M | Okinawa | 2005 Jul | Acute hepatitis | 92 | Pig meat | JSO-Oki05L |
7 | 63/M | Kagawa | 2006 Mar | Acute hepatitis | 45† | Wild boar meat | JTK-Kag06C |
8 | 79/M | Kyoto | 2006 Sep | Fulminant hepatitis | 27 | Unknown | JSW-Kyo-FH06L |
*PT, prothrombin time.
†Only 1 determination was made.
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