A Cross-Sectional Study of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Healthy People Directly Exposed and Unexposed to Pigs in a Rural Community in Northern Thailand

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 555-562

  Hinjoy, S ^a,b   Nelson, K E ^b   Gibbons, R V ^c   Jarman, R G ^d   Mongkolsirichaikul, D ^c   Smithsuwan, P ^a   Fernandez, S ^c   Labrique, A B ^b   Patchanee, P ^e  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^d WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^e CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Adult; Cross sectional study; Hepatitis E virus; Occupational exposure; Swine; Thailand

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; FLOODING; HAND WASHING; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEROPREVALENCE; SWINE; THAILAND;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SUIDAE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SWINE; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888132912     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12030     Document Type: Article

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