Time course of hepatitis E-specific antibodies in adults

DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.37503

Schemmerer, Mathias ; Rauh, C. ; Jilg, Wolfgang ; Wenzel, J. J.

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Abstract

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is highly endemic in industrialized countries, but there is a lack of knowledge on individual and overall antibody concentration dynamics. The aim of this study was to characterize longitudinal concentration changes of anti-HEV immunoglobulin G (anti-HEV IgG) by enzyme immunoassay (EIA). In total, 199 serum samples collected from 45 subjects over 18years were analysed. A ...