Prevalence of hepatitis E virus antibodies in individuals exposed to swine in Mato Grosso, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 338-341

  da Silva, Sabrina Monteiro Tosoncin ^a   de Oliveira, Jacqueline Mendes ^b   Vitral, Cláudia Lamarca ^b,c   de Almeida Vieira, Karina ^d   Pinto, Marcelo Alves ^b   Dutra Souto, Francisco José ^d  

^a Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública do Estado de Mato Grosso   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Domestic animals; Farm workers; Hepatitis E virus; Occupational transmission; Swine; Zoonotic transmission

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SWINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SUS SCROFA; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84860262246     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000300007     Document Type: Article

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