TY - JOUR AU - Berto, Alessandra AU - Grierson, Sylvia AU - Hakze-van der Honing, Renate AU - Martelli, Francesca AU - Johne, Reimar AU - Reetz, Jochen AU - Ulrich, Rainer AU - Pavio, Nicole AU - Van der Poel, Wim H.M. AU - Banks, Malcolm T1 - Hepatitis E Virus in Pork Liver Sausage, France T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2013 VL - 19 IS - 2 SP - 264 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We investigated viability of hepatitis E virus (HEV) identified in contaminated pork liver sausages obtained from France. HEV replication was demonstrated in 1 of 4 samples by using a 3-dimensional cell culture system. The risk for human infection with HEV by consumption of these sausages should be considered to be high. KW - Hepatitis E KW - hepatitis E virus KW - foodborne disease KW - pork KW - Foodchain KW - 3D cell culture KW - food chain KW - viruses KW - France KW - HEV KW - sausage KW - pork liver KW - pig liver KW - contamination DO - 10.3201/eid1902.121255 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/2/12-1255_article ER - End of Reference