Detection of Rat Hepatitis E Virus in Pigs, Spain, 2023

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2024 Mar 25

PMID 38526410

Authors

Lucia Rios-Munoz

Moises Gonzalvez

Javier Caballero-Gomez

Sabrina Castro-Scholten

Maria Casares-Jimenez

Irene Agullo-Ros

Diana Corona-Mata

Ignacio Garcia-Bocanegra

Pedro Lopez-Lopez

Tomas Fajardo

Joao R Mesquita

Maria A Risalde

Antonio Rivero-Juarez

Antonio Rivero

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Abstract

We identified rat hepatitis E virus (HEV) RNA in farmed pigs from Spain. Our results indicate that pigs might be susceptible to rat HEV and could serve as viral intermediaries between rodents and humans. Europe should evaluate the prevalence of rat HEV in farmed pigs to assess the risk to public health.

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