Hepatitis E — France
A recently published investigation has attributed a French outbreak of asymptomatic hepatitis E to the consumption of a piglet prepared with raw pork liver stuffing. “Results of the epidemiological and veterinary investigations suggest that this outbreak was due to contaminated spit-roasted piglet,” the researchers wrote. “In industrialized countries, acute [hepatitis E virus (HEV)] infections are an emerging concern and clusters of cases linked to HEV foodborne transmission remain rare and
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