Table 1. Detection of HEV and indicator virus PAdV in samples from the pork production chain, Czech Republic, Italy, and Spain, 2010*.

Production stage and sample source	Virus	Czech Republic			Italy			Spain			All
		No. tested	No. (%) positive		No. tested	No. (%) positive		No. tested	No. (%) positive		No. tested	No. (%) positive
Slaughterhouse
Feces	HEV	40	1 (3)†		34	14 (41)		39	15 (38)†		113	30 (27)
	PAdV	40	39 (98)		34	31 (91)		39	35 (90)		113	105 (93)
Liver	HEV	40	2 (5)†		33	2 (6)		39	1 (3)†		112	5 (4)
	PAdV	40	0		33	0		39	0		112	0
Meat	HEV	40	1 (3)		33	2 (6)		39	0		112	3 (3)
	PAdV	40	0		33	1 (3)‡		39	0		112	1(1)
Processing/points of sale: sausage	HEV	92	0		128	0		93	6 (6)		313	6 (2)
	PAdV	92	1 (1)		128	1 (1)		93	2 (2)‡		313	4 (1)

*HEV, hepatitis E virus; PAdV, porcine adenovirus.
†Samples originated from the same animal.
‡Sample negative for HEV.