TY - JOUR AU - Sooryanarain, Harini AU - Heffron, Connie AU - Hill, Dolores AU - Fredericks, Jorrell AU - Rosenthal, Benjamin AU - Werre, Stephen AU - Opriessnig, Tanja AU - Meng, Xiang-Jin T1 - Hepatitis E Virus in Pigs from Slaughterhouses, United States, 2017–2019 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2020 VL - 26 IS - 2 SP - 354 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Hepatitis E virus (HEV) RNA was detected in 6.3% and HEV IgG in 40% of 5,033 serum samples from market-weight pigs at 25 slaughterhouses in 10 US states. The prevalent HEV genotype was zoonotic genotype 3, group 2. Blood of HEV-viremic pigs from slaughterhouses may contaminate pork supply chains. KW - Hepatitis E virus KW - HEV KW - zoonotic infection KW - genotype KW - subgenotype KW - anti-HEV IgG KW - pork safety KW - market-weight pigs KW - slaughterhouse KW - United States KW - zoonoses KW - HEV IgG DO - 10.3201/eid2602.191348 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/2/19-1348_article ER - End of Reference