An occupational risk of hepatitis E virus infection in the workers along the meat supply chains in Guangzhou, China.

ABSTRACT: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) causes infections in humans and animals. HEV have been identified in pig farms, markets and swine workers, but studies with parallel observations along the poultry and pork supply chains remains limited. This study aimed to characterize HEV infection risks in workers along the meat supply chain. Two rounds of cross-sectional surveys were performed among swine and poultry workers in pig and poultry farms, slaughterhouses, wholesale and retail live poultry markets, live pig markets and pork markets. Human sera from the workers and the general population were collected and tested for HEV specific IgM/IgG antibodies by commercial indirect-ELISA test kits. Risk factors of HEV seropositivity associated with different occupational settings were identified using logistic re

SUBMITTER: Wu JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8891999 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature