Prevalence of hepatitis E virus antibodies in pigs: implications for human infections in village-based subsistence pig farming in the Lao PDR

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 305-307

  Blacksell, Stuart D ^a,b,c   Myint, Khin Saw Aye ^d   Khounsy, Syseng ^e   Phruaravanh, Manivanh ^e   Mammen Jr , Mammen P ^d   Day, Nicholas P J ^a,b,c   Newton, Paul N ^a,c  

^a MAHOSOT HOSPITAL   (Laos)

^b MAHIDOL OXFORD TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^c CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^e Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry   (Laos)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E virus; HEV; Laos; Pigs; Smallholder farming

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS E; INFECTION RISK; LAOS; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; PREVALENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; LAOS; RURAL HEALTH; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 33846025129     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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