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

• Author(s): Rios Munoz, L ; Gonzalvez, M ; Caballero Gomez, J ; Castro Scholten, S ; Casares Jimenez, M ; Agullo Ros, I ; Corona Mata, D ; Garcia Bocanegra, I ; Lopez Lopez, P ; Fajardo, T ; Mesquita, JR ; Risalde, MA ; Rivero Juarez, A ; Rivero, A
• Date: 2024
• Persistent ID: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/165746
• Origin: Repositório Aberto da Universidade do Porto
• Document Type: Other
• Language: English

Description

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.