Hepatitis E Virus in Pork Production Chain in Czech Republic, Italy, and Spain, 2010
We evaluated the prevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in the pork production chain in Czech Republic, Italy, and Spain during 2010. A total of 337 fecal, liver, and meat samples from animals at slaughterhouses were tested for HEV by real-time quantitative PCR. Overall, HEV was higher in Italy (53%)...
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| author | Ilaria Di Bartolo Marta Diez-Valcarce Petra Vasickova Petr Kralik Marta Hernandez Giorgia Angeloni Fabio Ostanello Martijn Bouwknegt David Rodríguez-Lázaro Ivo Pavlik Franco Maria Ruggeri |
| author_facet | Ilaria Di Bartolo Marta Diez-Valcarce Petra Vasickova Petr Kralik Marta Hernandez Giorgia Angeloni Fabio Ostanello Martijn Bouwknegt David Rodríguez-Lázaro Ivo Pavlik Franco Maria Ruggeri |
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| description | We evaluated the prevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in the pork production chain in Czech Republic, Italy, and Spain during 2010. A total of 337 fecal, liver, and meat samples from animals at slaughterhouses were tested for HEV by real-time quantitative PCR. Overall, HEV was higher in Italy (53%) and Spain (39%) than in Czech Republic (7.5%). HEV was detected most frequently in feces in Italy (41%) and Spain (39%) and in liver (5%) and meat (2.5%) in Czech Republic. Of 313 sausages sampled at processing and point of sale, HEV was detected only in Spain (6%). HEV sequencing confirmed only g3 HEV strains. Indicator virus (porcine adenovirus) was ubiquitous in fecal samples and absent in liver samples and was detected in 1 slaughterhouse meat sample. At point of sale, we found porcine adenovirus in sausages (1%–2%). The possible dissemination of HEV and other fecal viruses through pork production demands containment measures. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bd4b14a2928348bbb3818e3131307e382022-12-21T23:31:25ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592012-08-011881282128910.3201/eid1808.111783Hepatitis E Virus in Pork Production Chain in Czech Republic, Italy, and Spain, 2010Ilaria Di BartoloMarta Diez-ValcarcePetra VasickovaPetr KralikMarta HernandezGiorgia AngeloniFabio OstanelloMartijn BouwknegtDavid Rodríguez-LázaroIvo PavlikFranco Maria RuggeriWe evaluated the prevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in the pork production chain in Czech Republic, Italy, and Spain during 2010. A total of 337 fecal, liver, and meat samples from animals at slaughterhouses were tested for HEV by real-time quantitative PCR. Overall, HEV was higher in Italy (53%) and Spain (39%) than in Czech Republic (7.5%). HEV was detected most frequently in feces in Italy (41%) and Spain (39%) and in liver (5%) and meat (2.5%) in Czech Republic. Of 313 sausages sampled at processing and point of sale, HEV was detected only in Spain (6%). HEV sequencing confirmed only g3 HEV strains. Indicator virus (porcine adenovirus) was ubiquitous in fecal samples and absent in liver samples and was detected in 1 slaughterhouse meat sample. At point of sale, we found porcine adenovirus in sausages (1%–2%). The possible dissemination of HEV and other fecal viruses through pork production demands containment measures.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/8/11-1783_articleHepatitis E virusswinepork food chainmolecular detectionreverse transcriptase polymerase chain reactionzoonoses |
| spellingShingle | Ilaria Di Bartolo Marta Diez-Valcarce Petra Vasickova Petr Kralik Marta Hernandez Giorgia Angeloni Fabio Ostanello Martijn Bouwknegt David Rodríguez-Lázaro Ivo Pavlik Franco Maria Ruggeri Hepatitis E Virus in Pork Production Chain in Czech Republic, Italy, and Spain, 2010 Emerging Infectious Diseases Hepatitis E virus swine pork food chain molecular detection reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction zoonoses |
| title | Hepatitis E Virus in Pork Production Chain in Czech Republic, Italy, and Spain, 2010 |
| title_full | Hepatitis E Virus in Pork Production Chain in Czech Republic, Italy, and Spain, 2010 |
| title_fullStr | Hepatitis E Virus in Pork Production Chain in Czech Republic, Italy, and Spain, 2010 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hepatitis E Virus in Pork Production Chain in Czech Republic, Italy, and Spain, 2010 |
| title_short | Hepatitis E Virus in Pork Production Chain in Czech Republic, Italy, and Spain, 2010 |
| title_sort | hepatitis e virus in pork production chain in czech republic italy and spain 2010 |
| topic | Hepatitis E virus swine pork food chain molecular detection reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction zoonoses |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/8/11-1783_article |
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