Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2024)

Detection of Rat Hepatitis E Virus in Pigs, Spain, 2023

  • Lucia Rios-Muñoz,
  • Moisés Gonzálvez,
  • Javier Caballero-Gomez,
  • Sabrina Castro-Scholten,
  • María Casares-Jimenez,
  • Irene Agulló-Ros,
  • Diana Corona-Mata,
  • Ignacio García-Bocanegra,
  • Pedro Lopez-Lopez,
  • Tomás Fajardo,
  • João R. Mesquita,
  • María A. Risalde,
  • Antonio Rivero-Juarez,
  • Antonio Rivero

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3004.231629
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 4
pp. 823 – 826

Abstract

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We identified rat hepatitis E virus (HEV) RNA in farmed pigs from Spain. Our results indicate that pigs might be susceptible to rat HEV and could serve as viral intermediaries between rodents and humans. Europe should evaluate the prevalence of rat HEV in farmed pigs to assess the risk to public health.

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