2015-10-22Zeitschriftenartikel
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
Schielke, Anika; Ibrahim, V.; Czogiel, Irina; Faber, Mirko; Schrader, C.; Dremsek, P.; Ulrich, R. G.; Johne, Reimar
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, ...