Prevalence of Antibodies Against Hepatitis e Virus in Veterinarians in Estonia

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 773-776

  Lassen, Brian ^a,b   Janson, Marilin ^a   Neare, Kädi ^a   Tallo, Tatjana ^c   Reshetnjak, Irina ^d   Kuznetsova, Tatiana ^d   Viltrop, Arvo ^a   Golovljova, Irina ^d   Jokelainen, Pikka ^a,e,f  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Estonia; HEV; occupational risk; seroprevalence; small animal practice

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PIG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAVEL; VETERINARIAN; WORKING TIME; ADULT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; HEPATITIS E; IMMUNOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RNA, VIRAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VETERINARIANS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 85032203963     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2017.2122     Document Type: Article

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