HEPATITIS-E VIRUS HEV;
HEV INFECTION;
ANTI-HEV ANTIBODIES;
D O I:
10.1002/jmv.1890400414
中图分类号:
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号:
071005 ;
100705 ;
摘要:
A newly developed assay for IgA class antibody to hepatitis E virus (IgA anti-HEV) was used to study 145 serum samples collected during an outbreak of an enterically transmitted hepatitis that occurred in 3 villages in the lower Shebeli region of Southern Somalia between January, 1988 and November, 1989. A total of 52.4% of the afflicted patients were found positive for IgA anti-HEV, and 73.1% of these were also positive for IgM. Both antibodies disappeared during the convalescence period. Similar results were also seen in serum obtained from sporadic cases of acute waterborne hepatitis in Pakistan. (C) 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.