Study on the HEV positive rate of 415 outpatients in a hospital of Henan

VernacularTitle:河南省人民医院门诊患者戊型病毒性肝炎的阳性率调查
Author: Ponan XU ¹ ; Minzhuo GUO ; Yao YI ; Ruiguang TIAN ; Tao YU ; Zhiyuan JIA ; Shengli BI
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Keywords: Hepatitis E; Hepatitis E virus; Epidemiology
From: Chinese Journal of Experimental and Clinical Virology 2014;28(4):294-295
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To document the HEV seroprevalence in this region,we tested HEVIgG for part of outpatients ' serosample.Methods We collected 415 serosample in outpatients of the hospital and tested HEV IgG anti-body with a commercial detection kit produced by Wantaicompany.The results were examined some different group by using chi-square testing.Results The HEV positive rate of 415 serosamples was 21.93％.It was significant difference between genders and two age groups.And it was not significant difference in urban-rural.Conclusion The HEV positive rate of our city was the average of overall HEV seroprevalence in China.In adults,HEV positive rate was significant higher to children.The effective vaccination in children could controlled the HEV prevalence.