Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in humans living in high pig density areas of Germany

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 273-282

  Krumbholz, Andi ^a,b   Joel, Sebastian ^b   Dremsek, Paul ^c   Neubert, Anne ^b   Johne, Reimar ^d   Dürrwald, Ralf ^e   Walther, Mario ^b   Müller, Thomas H ^f   Kühnel, Detlef ^g   Lange, Jeannette ^b   Wutzler, Peter ^b   Sauerbrei, Andreas ^b   Ulrich, Rainer G ^c   Zell, Roland ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^e IDT Biologika GmbH   (Germany)

^f Institute Springe   (Germany)

^g German Red Cross Blood Donation Service West   (Germany)

Author keywords

Domestic pigs; Genotype 3; HEV; Human; Serosurvey; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC PIG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GERMANY; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAW MEAT; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DISEASE CARRIER; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SWINE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SUS SCROFA; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84905562534     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: 14321831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00430-014-0336-3     Document Type: Article

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