Seroprevalence study in forestry workers from eastern Germany using novel genotype 3- and rat hepatitis E virus-specific immunoglobulin G ELISAs

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-200

  Dremsek, Paul ^a   Wenzel, Jürgen J ^b   Johne, Reimar ^c   Ziller, Mario ^a   Hofmann, Jörg ^d   Groschup, Martin H ^a   Werdermann, Sandra ^e   Mohn, Ulrich ^f   Dorn, Silvia ^f   Motz, Manfred ^f   Mertens, Marc ^a   Jilg, Wolfgang ^b   Ulrich, Rainer G ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e IAS Institut für Arbeits Und Sozialhygiene Stiftung   (Germany)

^f MIKROGEN GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Capsid protein; ELISA; Forestry workers; Genotype 3; Germany; Hepatitis E virus; ratHEV

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOREST WORKER; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS STRAIN; WILD BOAR;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FORESTRY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RATS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84863497215     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: 14321831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00430-011-0221-2     Document Type: Article

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