High prevalence of acute hepatitis E virus infection in pigs in Dutch slaughterhouses
Hepatitis E is caused by hepatitis E virus (HEV), one of the causes of acute viral hepatitis. Domestic pigs are considered as the main reservoir of HEV-3. The recently reported high prevalence of HEV in liver- and meat products on the Dutch market warranted a cross-sectional prevalence study on HEV infection among 5–6 months old pigs slaughtered in the Netherlands (n = 250). For this, liver, caecum content and blood samples were analyzed for the presence of genomic HEV RNA by RT-PCR. In addition, a serological test was performed to detect HEV IgG. Background information was retrieved on the co... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | article/Letter to editor |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2022 |
Schlagwörter: | Animals / Foodborne / HEV / Liver / Serum / Viremia |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28632022 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/high-prevalence-of-acute-hepatitis-e-virus-infection-in-pigs-in-d |