Hepatitis E Virus: A Cross-Sectional Serological and Virological Study in Pigs and Humans at Zoonotic Risk within a High-Density Pig Farming Area

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1443-1453

  Caruso, C ^a   Peletto, S ^a   Rosamilia, A ^b   Modesto, P ^a   Chiavacci, L ^a   Sona, B ^c   Balsamelli, F ^a   Ghisetti, V ^d   Acutis, P L ^a   Pezzoni, G ^e   Brocchi, E ^e   Vitale, N ^a   Masoero, L ^a  

^a LIGURIA E VALLE D AOSTA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c Azienda Sanitaria Locale Cuneo (ASL CN1)   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cross sectional study; hepatitis E virus; humans; phylogenetic analysis; pigs; risk factor; zoonosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYLOGENY; PIG; PIG FARMING; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; VETERINARIAN; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HEPATITIS E; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SWINE DISEASE; VETERINARY;

ADULT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 85028735567     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12533     Document Type: Article

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