TABLE 4.
Detection rates for HEV RNA in fecal samples collected from pigs of unknown HEV status by real-time RT-PCR assays A, B, C, and D
| Age group | No. tested | No. (%) positivea |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C |
D |
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| HEV-3 | HEV-4 | HEV-3 | HEV-4 | ||||
| Suckling | 46 | 25 (54.3) A | 17 (36.9) A | 0 B | 0 B | 0 B | 0 B |
| Nursery | 86 | 62 (72.0) A | 24 (27.9) B | 0 C | 0 C | 0 C | 0 C |
| Grow-finish | 54 | 38 (70.3) A | 27 (49.1) B | 2 (3.6) C | 0 C | 1 (1.8) C | 0 C |
| Total | 186 | 125 (67.2) A | 68 (36.4) B | 2 (1.1) C | 0 C | 1 (0.5) C | 0 C |
a
Different uppercase letters within each column indicate significant differences (P < 0.05) within assays.