Short report: Occupational exposure to hepatitis e virus (HEV) in swine workers

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1012-1015

  Galiana, Carolina ^a   Fernández Barredo, Salceda ^a   García, Angel ^a   Gómez, María Teresa ^a   Pérez Gracia, Maria Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CEU CARDENAL HERRERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PIG FARMING; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWINE; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WORKER; ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SUIDAE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE;

EID: 47049097311     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.1012     Document Type: Article

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