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Hepatitis E Virus Occurrence in Pigs Slaughtered in Italy.
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- Pooled it
- Prevalence of hepatitis E virus in swine in China: a systematic review with meta-analysis (2004-2023).Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Pooled it
- Nationwide Detection and Molecular Characterization of Hepatitis E Virus RNA in Retail Pork Meat in Japan.Viruses · 2026Article
- Investigation of Hepatitis E virus seroprevalence in fattening pigs in Taiwan.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) Infection Among Pigs in Poland: An Assessment of the Prevalence on Commercial Swine Farms.Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2026Article
- Enhanced hepatitis E virus infection of polarised hepatocytes in vitro.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Foodborne Pathogens Across Different Food Matrices in Sicily (Southern Italy).Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- EAVLD 2024 - 7Italian journal of food safety · 2024Article
- Detection of Hepatitis E Virus in Game Meat (Wild Boar) Supply Chain in Umbria Region, Central Italy.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Application of Methods Detecting Xenotransplantation-Relevant Viruses for Screening German Slaughterhouse Pigs.Viruses · 2024Article
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- Biosecurity measures to control hepatitis E virus on European pig farms.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Longitudinal serological and virological survey of hepatitis E virus in wild boar (Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Hepatitis E Virus in Livestock-Update on Its Epidemiology and Risk of Infection to Humans.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Review
- Evidence of Circulation and Phylogenetic Analysis of Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) in Wild Boar in South-East Italy.Viruses · 2023Article
- Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) in Heavy Pigs in Slaughterhouses of Northern Italy: Investigation of Seroprevalence, Viraemia, and Faecal Shedding.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Review
- Assessment on the efficacy of methods 2 to 5 and method 7 set out in Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 to inactivate relevant pathogens when producing processed animal protein of porcine origin intended to feed poultry and aquaculture animals.EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2023Article
- Detection of HEV RNA Using One-Step Real-Time RT-PCR in Farrow-to-Finish Pig Farms in Bulgaria.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Detection of porcine cytomegalovirus, a roseolovirus, in pig ovaries and follicular fluid: implications for somatic cells nuclear transfer, cloning and xenotransplantation.Virology journal · 2023Article
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Abstract
In Europe, foodborne transmission has been clearly associated to sporadic cases and small clusters of hepatitis E in humans linked to the consumption of contaminated pig liver sausages, raw venison, or undercooked wild boar meat. In Europe, zoonotic HEV-genotype 3 strains are widespread in pig farms but little information is available on the prevalence of HEV positive pigs at slaughterhouse. In the present study, the prevalence of HEV-RNA positive pigs was assessed on 585 animals from 4 abattoirs located across Italy. Twenty-one pigs (3.6%) tested positive for HEV in either feces or liver by real-time RT-PCR. In these 21 pigs, eight diaphragm muscles resulted positive for HEV-RNA. Among animals collected in one abattoir, 4 out of 91 plasma tested positive for HEV-RNA. ELISA tests for the detection of total antibodies against HEV showed a high seroprevalence (76.8%), confirming the frequent exposure of pigs to the virus. The phylogenetic analyses conducted on sequences of both
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