Hepatitis E seroprevalence and related risk factors among seafood processing workers: A cross-sectional survey in Shandong Province, China

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue , 2016, Pages 62-66

  Cui, Weihong ^a   Sun, Yuan ^a   Xu, Aiqiang ^b   Gao, Rihong ^a   Gong, Lianfeng ^a   Zhang, Li ^b   Jiang, Mei ^a  

^a Yantai Center of Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^b Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hepatitis E; Risk factors; Seafood processing; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEPATITIS E; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEA FOOD; SEROPREVALENCE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WORKER; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEAFOOD; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84975465818     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.05.028     Document Type: Article

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