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Hepatitis E Virus in Pigs from Slaughterhouses, United States, 2017-2019.


ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Sooryanarain H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6986846 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Hepatitis E Virus in Pigs from Slaughterhouses, United States, 2017-2019.

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]

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