The Serological Surveillance of Hepatitis E virus among Hunters and Foresters in Eastern Poland
Autor: | Małgorzata Tokarska-Rodak, Anna Pańczuk, Monika Krajewska, Adam Szepeluk, Dorota Plewik, Marcin Weiner |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical) Adult Male lcsh:QH426-470 030231 tropical medicine lcsh:QR1-502 medicine.disease_cause Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Microbiology lcsh:Microbiology Immunoglobulin G Serology 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Hepatitis E virus Medicine Humans Young adult Eastern Poland Aged Aged 80 and over biology business.industry virus diseases Forestry General Medicine risk of hepatitis E Middle Aged Hepatitis E medicine.disease humanities lcsh:Genetics Titer 030104 developmental biology Immunoglobulin M HEV biology.protein Poland business anti-HEV IgG in hunters and foresters Demography |
Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier Polish Journal of Microbiology, Vol 66, Iss 2 (2017) |
Popis: | The aim of the study was the analysis of the occurrence of specific antibodies against HEV among hunters and foresters who are at risk to be exposed. The study group consisted of 210 hunters (23–80 years old) and 60 foresters (22–64 years old). Anti-HEV IgG were present in 3.81% of the samples of the hunters and in 5% of the samples of the foresters. The statistical analysis shows no significant differences in the results anti-HEV IgG between the groups of hunters and foresters (p = 0.5278). Significantly higher anti-HEV IgG titers were found in the older age group (> 55 years old). |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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