Hepatitis E virus seroprevalence among the general population in a livestock-dense area in the Netherlands: a cross-sectional population-based serological survey
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- 作者：Arianne B. van Gageldonk-Lafeber ; Wim van der Hoek ; Floor Borlée…
- 关键词：Hepatitis E virus ; Environmental exposure ; Livestock ; Seroprevalence ; Zoonoses
- 刊名：BMC Infectious Diseases
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：December 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：17
- 期：1
- 全文大小：2121KB
- 刊物主题：Infectious Diseases; Parasitology; Medical Microbiology; Tropical Medicine; Internal Medicine;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1471-2334
- 卷排序：17
文摘
BackgroundRecent serological studies indicate that hepatitis E virus (HEV) is endemic in industrialised countries. The increasing trend in the number of autochthonous cases of HEV genotype 3 in Western European countries, stresses the importance to get insight in the exact routes of exposure. Pigs are the main animal reservoir, and zoonotic food-borne transmission of HEV is proven. However, infected pigs can excrete large amounts of virus via their faeces enabling environmental transmission of HEV to humans. This might pose a risk for of neighbouring residents of livestock farming.