Hepatitis e in Norway: Seroprevalence in humans and swine

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 181-186

  Lange, H ^a,b   Overbo, J ^a   Borgen, K ^a   Dudman, S ^a   Hoddevik, G ^a,c   Urdahl, A M ^d   Vold, L ^a   Sjurseth, S K ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

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

^c Armed Forces Medical Services   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

hepatitis E; Key words Estimating; prevalence of disease; serology; zoonoses

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PIG; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VETERINARIAN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; BLOOD; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SWINE DISEASES; VERY ELDERLY; VETERINARY; YOUNG ADULT;

HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84988712344     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268816002144     Document Type: Article

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