Hepatitis E virus infection in swine workers: A meta-analysis

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 155-163

  Huang, Xiangyuan ^a   Huang, Yu ^a   Wagner, Abram L ^b   Chen, Xiangxiang ^a   Lu, Yihan ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E virus; meta analysis; swine worker; zoonosis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BUTCHER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPEAN WILD BOAR; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; MEAT PROCESSOR; NONHUMAN; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; PORK RETAILER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE DISEASE; SWINE FARMER; VETERINARIAN; ANIMAL; BLOOD; GLOBAL HEALTH; IMMUNOLOGY; META ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PIG; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 85058185228     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12548     Document Type: Article

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