Performance of Hepatitis E Virus (HEV)-antibody tests: a comparative analysis based on samples from individuals with direct contact to domestic pigs or wild boar in Germany

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 277-286

  Sommerkorn, Frauke Mara ^a   Schauer, Birgit ^b   Schreiner, Thomas ^c   Fickenscher, Helmut ^a   Krumbholz, Andi ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d Labor Dr Krause and Kollegen MVZ GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti HEV immunoglobulines; Comparative; Occupational contact; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS RNA; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EUROPEAN WILD BOAR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION STUDY; HEPATITIS E; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PIG; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85017209423     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: 14321831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00430-017-0503-4     Document Type: Article

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