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Kuan Abdoulaye Traoré1, Jean Bienvenue Ouoba1, Nicolas Huot1, Sophie Rogée1, Marine Dumarest1, Alfred S Traoré1, Nicole Pavio1, Nicolas Barro1, Pierre Roques2.
Abstract
We conducted the first survey of zoonotic risk of Hepatitis E virus (HEV) transmissions in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, through the direct contact with pork meat during professional activity. Anti-HEV antibodies were more prevalent in pork butchers, 76% than in the general population, which was 47.8% in 2013 (odds ratio = 3.46, 95% CI = 2.85-4.21, P < 0.001). Among slaughter-aged swine, HEV seroprevalence was of 80%, and HEV RNA was detected in 1% of pork livers. Phylogenetic analysis pointed out HEV genotype 3. Thus, in addition to possible HEV contamination through the water source, as in endemic region, zoonotic transmissions of HEV probably occur in west Africa. © The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID： 26438027 PMCID： PMC4674258 DOI： 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0321
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Trop Med Hyg ISSN： 0002-9637 Impact factor: 2.345