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

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

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Harini Sooryanarain, Connie L. Heffron, Dolores E. Hill, Jorrell Fredericks, Benjamin M. Rosenthal, Stephen R. Werre, Tanja Opriessnig, Xiang-Jin Meng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-02-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Hepatitis E virus
HEV
zoonotic infection
genotype
subgenotype
anti-HEV IgG
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/2/19-1348_article

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