<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the causative agent of hepatitis E — an emerging zoonotic disease distributed worldwide. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of HEV in Slovakian domestic pigs, as this has not been studied yet. Clinical samples (n = 269) from fourteen randomly selected domestic pig farms for three different age categories of pigs were analysed and the subsequently detected isolates were genetically characterized. The reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis revealed that 32 pigs (11.9 %) of all age categories were HEV RNA positive. The highest occurrence was detected in fattening pigs (14.8 %) and the lowest in weaning pigs (12.5 %). The HEV RNA was not observed at all in the youngest category (the suckling piglets). The phylogenetic analysis revealed that all Slovak HEV isolates clustered into two genetic groups of the genotype HEV-3.</p></abstract>

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the causative agent of hepatitis E — an emerging zoonotic disease distributed worldwide. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of HEV in Slovakian domestic pigs, as this has not been studied yet. Clinical samples (n = 269) from fourteen randomly selected domestic pig farms for three different age categories of pigs were analysed and the subsequently detected isolates were genetically characterized. The reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis revealed that 32 pigs (11.9 %) of all age categories were HEV RNA positive. The highest occurrence was detected in fattening pigs (14.8 %) and the lowest in weaning pigs (12.5 %). The HEV RNA was not observed at all in the youngest category (the suckling piglets). The phylogenetic analysis revealed that all Slovak HEV isolates clustered into two genetic groups of the genotype HEV-3.

The Incidence of Hepatitis E Virus in Domestic Pigs

University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy

Folia Veterinaria

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Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the causative agent of hepatitis E — an emerging zoonotic disease distributed worldwide. The aim of this study was to determine the...

The Incidence of Hepatitis E Virus in Domestic Pigs

Published Online: Oct 11, 2017

Page range: 65 - 70

Received: Jul 24, 2017

Accepted: Sep 04, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fv-2017-0029

Keywords
domestic pig, hepatitis E virus (HEV), rectal swab

© 2017 Jackova, A. et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The Incidence of Hepatitis E Virus in Domestic Pigs

Published Online: Oct 11, 2017

Page range: 65 - 70

Received: Jul 24, 2017

Accepted: Sep 04, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fv-2017-0029

Keywordsdomestic pig, hepatitis E virus (HEV), rectal swab

© 2017 Jackova, A. et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
domestic pig, hepatitis E virus (HEV), rectal swab