Hepatitis E virus antibody prevalence in hunters from a district in Central Germany, 2013: A cross-sectional study providing evidence for the benefit of protective gloves during disembowelling of wild boars

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Schielke, A ^a,b   Ibrahim, V ^c   Czogiel, I ^a   Faber, M ^a   Schrader, C ^d   Dremsek, P ^e   Ulrich, R G ^e   Johne, R ^d  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c Local Authority Wetteraukreis   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^e FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E virus; Hunting; Protective gloves; Seroprevalence; Wild boars

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEMBOWELLING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN TISSUE; HUNTER; MALE; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SEROPREVALENCE; WILD BOAR; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; PIG; PROTECTIVE GLOVE; SEASON; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; GERMANY; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; SUS SCROFA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944715154     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-1199-y     Document Type: Article

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