Event Title
Publication Date
January 2011
Abstract
Hepatitis E is an acute icteric hepatitis caused by hepatitis E virus (HEV). HEV is transmitted by water supplies in developing countries. Recently, HEV contamination in consumption water was also observed in a developed country (France). HEV is detected in pigs and several other animal species (e.g. wild boars and deer) and it is strongly suspected to be zoonotic, HEV has also been detected in the pork production chain: in a study conducted in a grocery in the USA 11% of livers tested were HEV positive and similar data have been observed in Europe also.
Book Title
51st International Conference on the Epidemiology and Control of Biological, Chemical and Physical Hazards in Pigs and Pork
Pages
150
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
DOI
https://doi.org/10.31274/safepork-180809-603
Included in
Animal Diseases Commons, Animal Sciences Commons, Veterinary Microbiology and Immunobiology Commons, Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology, and Public Health Commons
HEV inactivation assessment using viable virus
Maastricht, Netherlands
Hepatitis E is an acute icteric hepatitis caused by hepatitis E virus (HEV). HEV is transmitted by water supplies in developing countries. Recently, HEV contamination in consumption water was also observed in a developed country (France). HEV is detected in pigs and several other animal species (e.g. wild boars and deer) and it is strongly suspected to be zoonotic, HEV has also been detected in the pork production chain: in a study conducted in a grocery in the USA 11% of livers tested were HEV positive and similar data have been observed in Europe also.
