Hepatitis E Virus in Pork Production Chain in Czech Republic, Italy, and Spain, 2010

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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Main Authors: 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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012-08-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Hepatitis E virus
swine
pork food chain
molecular detection
reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction
zoonoses
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/8/11-1783_article

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