title: Prevalence of hepatitis E virus among swine and humans in two different ethnic communities in Indonesia.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in swine and humans in different environments in Java and Bali, Indonesia. The prevalence of anti-HEV antibodies in people over 20 years old living in communities in Bali was significantly higher than that in Java. While 68.8% and 90.0% of swine in Bali were anti-HEV positive at 1 and 2 months of age, respectively, swine in Java were at significantly lower risk of HEV infection by the age of 2 months. Our present data suggest that substantial differences in swine-breeding conditions and human living environments affect the rate of HEV infection in humans and swine.
authors.affiliation: Indonesia-Japan Collaborative Research Center for Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Disease, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Takako
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Utsumi
authors.forename: Yoshitake
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Maria Inge
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Lusida
authors.forename: Mochamad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amin
authors.lastname: Soetjipto
authors.forename: Agus
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hendra
authors.lastname: Soetjiningsih
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yano
authors.forename: Hak
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hotta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies / Q000097:blood; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies