Seroprevalence of Hepatitis E Virus Infection among Swine Farmers and the General Population in Rural Taiwan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Lee, Jian Te ^a   Shao, Pei Lan ^a   Chang, Luan Yin ^a   Xia, Ning Shao ^b   Chen, Pei Jer ^a   Lu, Chun Yi ^a   Huang, Li Min ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; STUDENT; TAIWAN; ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SUIDAE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FARMERS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84983726601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067180     Document Type: Article

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