Hepatitis E virus seroprevalence, seroincidence and seroreversion in the German adult population

DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.37497

Faber, M.

; Willrich, N. ; Schemmerer, Mathias

; Rauh, C. ; Kuhnert, R. ; Stark, K. ; Wenzel, J. J.

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Abstract

A steep rise in Hepatitis E diagnoses is currently being observed in Germany and other European countries. The objective of this study was (i) to assess whether this trend mirrors an increase in infection pressure or is caused by increased attention and testing and (ii) estimate individual and population-based Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) seroconversion and seroreversion rates for Germany. We measured ...