Test performance characteristics of anti-HEV IgG assays strongly influence hepatitis e seroprevalence estimates

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 497-500

  Wenzel, Jürgen J ^a   Preiss, Julia ^a   Schemmerer, Mathias ^a   Huber, Barbara ^a   Jilg, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

acute infection; anti HEV IgG; commercial assays; diagnostic sensitivity; Hepatitis E; HEV; serology; seroprevalence; southeastern Germany

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS DETECTION; ACUTE HEPATITIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; IMMUNOASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872032530     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis688     Document Type: Article

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