Table 1.

Sources of hepatitis E virus inocula used to infect the cynomolgus monkeys

Source	Inocula	Anti-HEV serology	HEV RT-PCR/real-time PCR	Genotype	Age of monkey (years)	Animal ID
Swine	Pooled faeces (3.0 ml)	_	HEV RNA+/105 copies/ml	3	15	I3
					18	Q11
					2	X15
Swine	Pooled faeces (3.0 ml)	_	HEV RNA+/106 copies/ml	3	11	O1
					17	G3
					19	F3
Child, female, 3 months old (FALF*)	Serum and faeces (1.0 ml)	Undetectable	Undetectable/103 copies/ml	3	7	R7
Adult, male, 30 years old (AH**)	Serum (1.0 ml)	IgG+/IgM+	HEV RNA+/106 copies/ml	3	14	J3
-	10% Phosphate-buffered saline (1.0 ml)	_	Undetectable	_	16	I2
					18	Q12

FALF^* – fatal acute liver failure; AH^** – acute hepatitis.