| [hepatitis e and exposure to waste water]. | hepatitis e virus (hev) is found in waste water which represents a route of infection. however, the risk for sewage workers is unknown. thus, we aimed at determining the prevalence of anti-hev antibodies in sewage workers from the canton of zurich. the anti-hev antibodies evaluated in 288 subjects with exposure to sewage and 306 controls, a total of 594 subjects. overall, twenty-two (3.7%) subjects had anti-hev, the seroprevalence was similar in those exposed and controls. the most important ris ... | 2003 | 12674585 |