The Serological Surveillance of Hepatitis E virus among Hunters and Foresters in Eastern Poland

Abstract 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).

[1]  Y. Poovorawan,et al.  Hepatitis E virus infection: Epidemiology and treatment implications. , 2015, World journal of virology.

[2]  I. Czogiel,et al.  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 , 2015, BMC Infectious Diseases.

[3]  C. Martinis,et al.  Viral and Antibody Prevalence of Hepatitis E in European Wild Boars (Sus scrofa) and Hunters at Zoonotic Risk in the Latium Region. , 2015, Journal of comparative pathology.

[4]  M. Michalak,et al.  Seroprevalence of anti-HEV IgG in 182 Polish patients. , 2015, Postepy higieny i medycyny doswiadczalnej.

[5]  Danielle M. Yugo,et al.  Hepatitis E Virus: Foodborne, Waterborne and Zoonotic Transmission , 2013, International journal of environmental research and public health.

[6]  P. Coursaget,et al.  High Hepatitis E Virus Seroprevalence in Forestry Workers and in Wild Boars in France , 2012, Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

[7]  M. Groschup,et al.  Seroprevalence study in forestry workers from eastern Germany using novel genotype 3- and rat hepatitis E virus-specific immunoglobulin G ELISAs , 2012, Medical Microbiology and Immunology.

[8]  M. Walther,et al.  Prevalence of hepatitis E virus-specific antibodies in humans with occupational exposure to pigs , 2012, Medical Microbiology and Immunology.

[9]  C. Rothe,et al.  Phylogenetic and case-control study on hepatitis E virus infection in Germany. , 2008, The Journal of infectious diseases.

[10]  M. Pérez-Gracia,et al.  Occupational exposure to hepatitis E virus (HEV) in swine workers. , 2008, The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene.

[11]  H. C. Worm,et al.  Bayesian estimation of hepatitis E virus seroprevalence for populations with different exposure levels to swine in The Netherlands , 2007, Epidemiology and Infection.

[12]  I. Tsachev,et al.  Current knowledge on Hepatitis E virus infection , 2019, Vojnosanitetski pregled.

[13]  M. Sadkowska-Todys,et al.  Occurrence and prevalence of selected zoonotic agents: Echinococcus multilocularis, Trichinella spiralis and hepatitis E virus (HEV) in the population of Polish hunters--results of the study conducted in 2010-2012. , 2015, Przeglad epidemiologiczny.