Epidemiology of hepatitis E in South-East Europe in the "One Health" concept

Table 3 Prevalence of hepatitis E virus RNA in different environmental samples

Country	Sample	Sample size	HEV RNA (%)/ genotype (subtype)	Ref.
Greece	Vegetable leafy greens	Pooled samples	4.76%1 3.2%1	Kokkinos et al[51]
	Sewage	48	0%	Kokkinos et al[54]
	Sewage	5	0%	Clemente-Casares et al[53]
Serbia	Vegetable leafy greens	Pooled samples	4.76%1 3.2%1	Kokkinos et al[51]
	Berry fruits	Pooled samples	2.5%1	Maunula et al[15]
	Surface waters	60	16.67%	Lazić et al[73]
	Urban sewage	6	0%
Slovenia	Waste water treatment plant	12	0%	Steyer et al[77]
	Swabs from the different site on the slaughter line	62	3.2% (G3)	Raspor Lainšček et al[76]
	Minced meat	22	0%
	Bratwurst	30	0%
	Surface water	60	3.3% (G3)	Steyer et al[74]

¹Pooled samples. HEV: Hepatitis E virus; EIA: Enzyme immunoassay; IB: Immunoblot; NT: Not tested.