Genome Sequence of a Hepatitis E Virus of Genotype 3e from a Chronically Infected Kidney Transplant Recipient

Valerie Moal (1, 2) , Aurélie Ferretti (3) , Patricia Devichi (4) , Philippe Colson (1, 3)

1 URMITE - Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes
2 Centre de néphrologie et transplantation rénale [Hôpital de la Conception - APHM]
3 IHU Marseille - Institut Hospitalier Universitaire Méditerranée Infection
4 CIC - Centre d'Investigation Clinique [Hôpital de la Conception - APHM]

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an emerging cause of acute and chronic hepatitis in immunocompromised patients in Europe. We report the genome sequence of a genotype 3e HEV from a chronically infected kidney transplant recipient in southeastern France, the second HEV genome sequence from a transplant recipient and the first of subtype 3e.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Genetics

Valerie Moal, Aurélie Ferretti, Patricia Devichi, Philippe Colson. Genome Sequence of a Hepatitis E Virus of Genotype 3e from a Chronically Infected Kidney Transplant Recipient. Genome Announcements, 2014, 2 (1), pp.e01156-13 - e01156-13. ⟨10.1128/genomeA.01156-13⟩. ⟨hal-01769682⟩