Risk factors associated with the presence of hepatitis E virus in livers and seroprevalence in slaughter-age pigs: A retrospective study of 90 swine farms in France

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1934-1944

  Walachowski, S ^a,b   Dorenlor, V ^a,b   Lefevre, J ^a,b   Lunazzi, A ^c   Eono, F ^a,b   Merbah, T ^c   Eveno, E ^a,b   Pavio, N ^c   Rose, N ^a,b  

^a FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^c ANSES   (France)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E; retrospective study; risk factors; swine; zoonosis

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; LIVER; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; PROBABILITY; REARING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS; HYGIENE; INFECTION RISK; RANDOM SAMPLE; SWINE DISEASE;

AGING; ANIMALS; FRANCE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; LIVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84904738778     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813003063     Document Type: Article

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