ArticleThe Science of the total environment2015
Hepatitis E virus and coliphages in waters proximal to swine concentrated animal feeding operations.
Article in The Science of the total environment, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) Infection in the Context of the One Health Approach: A Systematic Review.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Pooled it
- Association of distance to swine concentrated animal feeding operations with immune-mediated diseases: An exploratory gene-environment study.Environment international · 2023Pooled it
- Hepatitis E Virus in Water Environments: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Food and environmental virology · 2022Pooled it
- Trends and Challenges in the Detection and Environmental Surveillance of the Hepatitis E Virus.Microorganisms · 2025Review
- Detection of Hepatitis E Virus in Game Meat (Wild Boar) Supply Chain in Umbria Region, Central Italy.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Antimicrobial use and resistance in food animal production: food safety and associated concerns in Sub-Saharan Africa.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2024Review
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- Association of Common Zoonotic Pathogens With Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Review
- Teschovirus and other swine and human enteric viruses in Brazilian watersheds impacted by swine husbandry.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2020Article
- Occurrence of Staphylococcus spp. and investigation of fecal and animal viral contaminations in livestock, river water, and sewage from Tunisia and Romania.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2020Article
- Probable transmission of hepatitis E virus (HEV) via transfusion in the United States.Transfusion · 2019Article
- Hiding in Plain Sight? It's Time to Investigate Other Possible Transmission Routes for Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) in Developed Countries.Food and environmental virology · 2018Review
- Public health risks associated with hepatitis E virus (HEV) as a food-borne pathogen.EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2017Article
- Hepatitis E Virus (Genotype 3) in Slurry Samples from Swine Farming Activities in Italy.Food and environmental virology · 2017Article
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- Detection of hepatitis E virus and other livestock-related pathogens in Iowa streams.The Science of the total environment · 2016Article
- Quantitative Distribution of Infectious F-Specific RNA Phage Genotypes in Surface Waters.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2016Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
North Carolina is the second leading state in pork production in the United States, with over 10 million swine. Swine manure in NC is typically collected and stored in open-pit lagoons before the liquid waste is sprayed onto agricultural fields for disposal. Components of this waste may be able to impact surface water quality with the potential for human exposure. This study examined viruses of public health concern in creeks adjacent to swine concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) spray fields. Surface water samples (n=154) were collected from public access waters in proximity to swine CAFO spray fields for six months and were tested for hepatitis E virus (HEV) and coliphages. HEV was detected in one sample. Somatic coliphages were detected in 98% of samples (geometric mean 24 ± 4.1 PFU per 100 ml), and F+ coliphages were detected in 85% of samples (geometric mean 6.8 ± 5.0 PFU per 100 ml). Only 3% (21) of the F+ coliphage isolates were RNA phage, and all of the F+ RNA coliphages belonged to genogroup I. Although the pervasiveness of swine CAFOs in this area prevented a comparison with samples from un-impacted sites, the near ubiquity of coliphages, as well as the presence of HEV, suggests that current waste management practices may be associated with the dissemination of viruses of public health concern in waters proximal to CAFO spray fields.
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