Prospective study reveals hepatitis E virus subtype 3h infection in farmed pigs but not goats, highlighting swine as an animal reservoir linked to human disease.
Key Points
Farmed pigs harbor hepatitis e virus genotype 3 strains closely related to human infections, whereas local goats show no detectable viral presence across sampled city districts.
A total of 36.1% of domestic pigs tested positive for hev rna, and nested-pcr sequencing successfully amplified 12 of these positive specimens for genomic classification.
Prospective screening with real-time rt-pcr and phylogenetic analysis reveals subtype 3h in swine, highlighting domestic pigs as an animal reservoir requiring sustained monitoring.
Cite This Study
Nombot-Yazenguet et al. (2024) studied this question.