Seroepidemiology and molecular characterization of hepatitis E virus infection in swine and occupationally exposed workers in Punjab, India

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 662-672

  Bansal, M ^a   Kaur, S ^a   Deka, D ^a   Singh, R ^a   Gill, J P S ^a  

^a GURU ANGAD DEV VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

hepatitis E virus; India; molecular characterization; occupational risk exposed population; pigs; Punjab; seroprevalence; zoonoses

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYLOGENY; PIG; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SAMPLE SIZE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL; FECES; GENETICS; SWINE DISEASE; VETERINARIAN; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSIS;

ABATTOIRS; ADULT; ANIMALS; FARMERS; FECES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; INDIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYLOGENY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VETERINARIANS; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 85018350613     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12363     Document Type: Article

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