Prevalence of hepatitis E virus-specific antibodies in humans with occupational exposure to pigs

DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.37523

Krumbholz, Andi ; Mohn, Ulrich ; Lange, Jeannette ; Motz, Manfred ; Wenzel, Jürgen J.

; Jilg, Wolfgang ; Walther, Mario ; Straube, Eberhard ; Wutzler, Peter ; Zell, Roland

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Abstract

Due to the increasing number of non-travel-associated hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections observed in several industrialised countries including Germany, there is a substantial interest in the characterisation of risk factors and transmission routes relevant to autochthonous HEV infections. Autochthonous cases are believed to be the result of a zoonotic HEV transmission from pigs, wild boars and ...