ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2022
Dynamic of Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) Shedding in Pigs.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline 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
- Shellfish as a Potential Source of Hepatitis E Virus: Epidemiological Evidence, Biological Plausibility, and Research Gaps.Viruses · 2026Review
- Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) Infection Among Pigs in Poland: An Assessment of the Prevalence on Commercial Swine Farms.Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2026Article
- Therapeutic treatment of hepatitis E virus infection in pigs with a neutralizing monoclonal antibody.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Detection of Hepatitis E Virus in Game Meat (Wild Boar) Supply Chain in Umbria Region, Central Italy.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Seroprevalence of swine hepatitis E virus and the farmers' potential risk of infection in the Province of Bali, Indonesia.Veterinary world · 2024Article
- Biosecurity measures to control hepatitis E virus on European pig farms.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
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Abstract
Genotype 3 of hepatitis E virus (HEV-3) is the most common in Europe in both humans and pigs. HEV-3 strains are zoonotic, and foodborne cases associated with consumption of raw and undercooked pork products, mainly liver sausages, have been described. HEV-3 circulates largely in European pig farms, maybe due to its long persistence in the environment. Animals get infected around 3-4 months of age; shortly after, the infection starts to decline up to the age of slaughtering (8-9 months of age in Italy). With the purpose to understand the duration in farmed pigs of the shedding of the virus and its quantity, HEV-RNA detection was performed by Real-time RT-PCR from feces collected individually from two groups of 23 pigs. Sampling was conducted for 4 months shortly before slaughtering age. At 4-months-old, all animals were shedding HEV-3 to high load around 10
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