Detection and characterization of infectious Hepatitis E virus from commercial pig livers sold in local grocery stores in the USA.

AR, Feagins; T, Opriessnig; DK, Guenette; PG, Halbur; XJ, Meng

doi:10.1099/vir.0.82613-0

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Detection and characterization of infectious Hepatitis E virus from commercial pig livers sold in local grocery stores in the USA.

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Authors:

Feagins AR

Opriessnig T

Guenette DK

Abstract

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a zoonotic pathogen of which pigs are reservoirs. To determine the presence of HEV RNA in commercial pig livers sold in local grocery stores in the USA, 127 packages of commercial pig liver were purchased and tested by a universal RT-PCR assay capable of detecting all four...

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