Hepatitis E virus antibody prevalence in hunters from a district in Central Germany, 2013: a cross-sectional study providing evidence for the benefit of protective gloves during disembowelling of wild boars
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- 作者：A. Schielke ; V. Ibrahim ; I. Czogiel ; M. Faber ; C. Schrader…
- 关键词：Hepatitis E virus ; Seroprevalence ; Wild boars ; Hunting ; Protective gloves
- 刊名：BMC Infectious Diseases
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：December 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：15
- 期：1
- 全文大小：1,058 KB
- 刊物主题：Infectious Diseases; Parasitology; Medical Microbiology; Tropical Medicine; Internal Medicine;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1471-2334
文摘
Background In Germany, 17 % of the general human population have antibodies to hepatitis E virus (HEV) (recomLine HEV-IgG/IgM immunoassay [Mikrogen GmbH]). Wild boars represent an animal reservoir for HEV genotype 3, which is the common genotype in Germany. We estimated the seroprevalence among hunters with contact to wild boars to identify factors that may be associated with past or present HEV infection.