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- Hepatitis E Virus in Pigs from Slaughterhouses, United States, 2017-2019Sooryanarain, Harini; Heffron, C. Lynn; Hill, Dolores E.; Fredericks, Jorrell; Rosenthal, Benjamin M.; Werre, Stephen R.; Opriessnig, Tanja; Meng, Xiang-Jin (2020-02)Hepatitis E virus (HEV) RNA was detected in 6.3% and HEV IgG in 40% of 5,033 serum samples from market-weight pigs at 25 slaughterhouses in 10 US states. The prevalent HEV genotype was zoonotic genotype 3, group 2. Blood of HEV-viremic pigs from slaughterhouses may contaminate pork supply chains.