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Table 2 Prevalence of HEV RNA in livers collected at slaughterhouses reported in ten studies

From: From the epidemiology of hepatitis E virus (HEV) within the swine reservoir to public health risk mitigation strategies: a comprehensive review

References

Country

No. of samples

Prevalence of RNA-positive livers (%) [95% CI]

Bouwknegt et al. [51]

Netherlands

62

6.5 [1.8–15.7]

Rose et al. [5]

France

3 715

4 [2–6]

Di Bartolo et al. [57]

Italy

48

20.8

Di Bartolo et al. [68]

Spain

39

3

Italy

33

6

Czech Republic

40

5

Berto et al. [67]

UK

40

3

Gardinali et al. [70]

Brazil

118

1.7

de Souza et al. [71]

Brazil

453

1.3

Temmam et al. [72]

Madagascar

250

1.2

de Paula et al. [73]

Cameroon

345

0.8

Mykytczuk et al. [74]

Canada

19

10.5