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SUBMITTER: Sooryanarain H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6986846 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sooryanarain Harini H Heffron Connie L CL Hill Dolores E DE Fredericks Jorrell J Rosenthal Benjamin M BM Werre Stephen R SR Opriessnig Tanja T Meng Xiang-Jin XJ
Emerging infectious diseases 20200201 2
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) RNA was detected in 6.3% and HEV IgG in 40% of 5,033 serum samples from market-weight pigs at 25 slaughterhouses in 10 US states. The prevalent HEV genotype was zoonotic genotype 3, group 2. Blood of HEV-viremic pigs from slaughterhouses may contaminate pork supply chains. ...[more]