Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2020)

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

  • Harini Sooryanarain,
  • Connie L. Heffron,
  • Dolores E. Hill,
  • Jorrell Fredericks,
  • Benjamin M. Rosenthal,
  • Stephen R. Werre,
  • Tanja Opriessnig,
  • Xiang-Jin Meng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2602.191348
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 2
pp. 354 – 357

Abstract

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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.

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