A survey on the status of hepatitis e virus infection among slaughterhouse workers in South Korea

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 53-61

  Kim, Byung Seok ^a   Lim, Hyun Sul ^a   Lee, Kwan ^a   Min, Young Sun ^a   Yoon, Young Sil ^b   Jeong, Hye Sook ^b  

^a Dongguk University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E; Risk factors Copyright; Seroprevalence; Slaughterhouse; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS E ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODILY SECRETIONS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SOUTH KOREA; AGED; BLOOD; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; VIROLOGY; WORKPLACE;

ABATTOIRS; ADULT; AGED; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84961321392     PISSN: 19758375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3961/jpmph.14.048     Document Type: Article

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