Sewage workers: risk of acquiring enteric virus infections including hepatitis A

• Published in: The New microbiologica Vol. 31; no. 3; pp. 337 - 341
• Main Authors: Divizia, Maurizio, Cencioni, Barbara, Palombi, Leonardo, Panà, Augusto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Italy 01.07.2008
• Subjects: Adult; Community-Acquired Infections - epidemiology; Community-Acquired Infections - transmission; Community-Acquired Infections - virology; Coxsackievirus B3; Echovirus; Hepatitis A - epidemiology; Hepatitis A - transmission; Hepatitis A virus; Hepatitis A Virus, Human - isolation & purification; Humans; Middle Aged; Occupational Exposure - analysis; Prevalence; Risk Assessment; Seroepidemiologic Studies; Sewage - virology; Virus Diseases - epidemiology; Virus Diseases - transmission; Water Purification

To determine if sewage workers have an increased risk of acquiring viral infections, 66 workers at a small wastewater plant in north-eastern Italy and 72 control subjects recruited from blood donors were enrolled in a seroprevalence study to determine whether sewage workers are at increased risk of...