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From: 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

Fig. 2

Age-specific anti-HEV prevalence of German general population and the hunters in Wetteraukreis district, Central Germany, 2013. The total and age-specific anti-HEV prevalence of the hunters investigated in this study (green bars) is compared to total and age-specific estimates from a large subsample (n = 4352) of sera originating from the 2008–2011 German Health Examination Survey for Adults (Deutscher Erwachsenen Gesundheitssurvey [DEGS]; www.degs-studie.de) representing the baseline prevalence of anti-HEV antibodies in healthy adults in Germany (blue bars) [3]. The 95 % confidence intervals are added per bar as black line

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