Seroprevalence of hepatitis E in swine abattoir workers

African Health Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1022-1028

  Ukuli, Aquino Qouilazoni ^a   Mugimba, Kizito Kahoza ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E; Seroprevalence; Swine abattoir workers

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CARCASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INSPECTOR; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PIG; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; FECES; GENETICS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SWINE DISEASE; UGANDA; VIROLOGY;

ABATTOIRS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; UGANDA;

EID: 85040452947     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v17i4.9     Document Type: Article

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