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The recent transmission of a porcine herpesvirus to the first human recipient of a pig heart highlights the urgent need for more rigorous screening of donor pigs. To identify potentially pathogenic porcine viruses, highly sensitive and specific detection methods are required. PCR-based techniques able to detect porcine cytomegalovirus\/porcine roseolovirus (PCMV\/PRV), hepatitis E virus (HEV), porcine circoviruses (PCV1-4), porcine lymphotropic herpesviruses (PLHV-1-3), porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERVs), porcine parvovirus (PPV), Torque teno sus viruses (TTSuV1,2), atypical porcine pestivirus (APPV) and SARS-CoV-2 were established. Immunological assays that detect antibodies as indirect indicators of infection were established for PCMV\/PRV, HEV, PLHVs and PERVs. Since most veterinary laboratories focus on detecting viruses that are pathogenic to pigs and cause economic losses to the swine industry, screening for viruses relevant to xenotransplantation should be conducted in specialized virological diagnostic units. 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