Prevalence of hepatitis E virus antibodies in workers occupationally exposed to swine in Portugal

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 77-81

  Teixeira, J ^a   Mesquita, J R ^b   Pereira, S S ^a   Oliveira, R M S ^a   Abreu Silva, J ^a   Rodrigues, A ^c   Myrmel, M ^d   Stene Johansen, K ^e   Overbo J ^e   Goncalves G ^a   Nascimento, M S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF VISEU   (Portugal)

^c POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Genotype 3; HEV; Occupational exposure; Portugal; Swine

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BUTCHER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS GENOTYPE 3; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PIG; PIG FARMER; PORTUGAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE WORKER; VETERINARIAN; WORKER; WORKERS OCCUPATIONALLY EXPOSED TO SWINE; YEAR IN PRACTICE; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PORTUGAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84992077438     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: 14321831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00430-016-0484-8     Document Type: Article

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