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Continuous decline of hepatitis E virus seroprevalence in southern Germany despite increasing notifications, 2003–2015

URN to cite this document:
urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-375563
DOI to cite this document:
10.5283/epub.37556
Mahrt, Hannah ; Schemmerer, Mathias ; Behrens, Gundula ; Leitzmann, Michael ; Jilg, Wolfgang ; Wenzel, Jürgen J.
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Date of publication of this fulltext: 07 Aug 2018 05:38



Abstract

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is viewed as an emerging pathogen. Many European countries, including Germany, have observed a steep increase of notified autochthonous hepatitis E cases in recent years. Our study investigated time trends in HEV seroprevalence in southern Germany between 2003 and 2015. A total of 3000 study sera were evenly distributed over sampling years 2003, 2006, 2009, 2012, and 2015, ...

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