To investigate Hepatitis E virus,(HEV) infection in swine in Xinjiang and the extent of genetic variation among Chinese swine HEV strains, seventy pig fecal samples from an anti-HEV positive farm in Xinjiang were tested for the presence of HEV RNA by reverse transcription nested polymerase chain reaction (RT-nPCR). Thirteen of 70 (18.57%) pigs were positive for HEV RNA. The nucleotide sequence of 348bp region within open reading frame 2(ORF2) of the 13 swine HEV isolates was determined. The DNAstar software...