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Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus antibodies in adults and children from upstate New York: A cross-sectional study
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a major cause of viral hepatitis around the world, especially in developing countries. Recently, HEV has also been recognized as important cause of hepatitis in Europe and Japan, however, there is a paucity of clinical data from the United States. The overall seroprevalenc...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7837474/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33497387 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245850 |
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author | Kmush, Brittany L. Lu, Amelia M. Spillane, Taylor Hruska, Bryce Gump, Brooks B. Bendinskas, Kestutis G. |
author_facet | Kmush, Brittany L. Lu, Amelia M. Spillane, Taylor Hruska, Bryce Gump, Brooks B. Bendinskas, Kestutis G. |
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description | Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a major cause of viral hepatitis around the world, especially in developing countries. Recently, HEV has also been recognized as important cause of hepatitis in Europe and Japan, however, there is a paucity of clinical data from the United States. The overall seroprevalence of HEV antibodies is around 10% in the United States, but considerable variation is seen based on geographic location, year, and assay used. In this study, 63 adults and 417 children from New York State were tested for anti-HEV IgG antibodies using the commercially available Wantai IgG assay. The overall seroprevalence of HEV antibodies among adult participants was 9.52% (95% CI: 3.58–19.59%). Positive adults tended to be older than HEV negative adults, all positive adults were female. Only 3 (0.7%, 95% CI:: 0.15–2.09%) of the children were positive, all positive children were male. These results are consistent with global and United States trends in HEV seroprevalence. |
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spelling | pubmed-78374742021-02-02 Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus antibodies in adults and children from upstate New York: A cross-sectional study Kmush, Brittany L. Lu, Amelia M. Spillane, Taylor Hruska, Bryce Gump, Brooks B. Bendinskas, Kestutis G. PLoS One Research Article Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a major cause of viral hepatitis around the world, especially in developing countries. Recently, HEV has also been recognized as important cause of hepatitis in Europe and Japan, however, there is a paucity of clinical data from the United States. The overall seroprevalence of HEV antibodies is around 10% in the United States, but considerable variation is seen based on geographic location, year, and assay used. In this study, 63 adults and 417 children from New York State were tested for anti-HEV IgG antibodies using the commercially available Wantai IgG assay. The overall seroprevalence of HEV antibodies among adult participants was 9.52% (95% CI: 3.58–19.59%). Positive adults tended to be older than HEV negative adults, all positive adults were female. Only 3 (0.7%, 95% CI:: 0.15–2.09%) of the children were positive, all positive children were male. These results are consistent with global and United States trends in HEV seroprevalence. Public Library of Science 2021-01-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7837474/ /pubmed/33497387 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245850 Text en © 2021 Kmush et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Kmush, Brittany L. Lu, Amelia M. Spillane, Taylor Hruska, Bryce Gump, Brooks B. Bendinskas, Kestutis G. Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus antibodies in adults and children from upstate New York: A cross-sectional study |
title | Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus antibodies in adults and children from upstate New York: A cross-sectional study |
title_full | Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus antibodies in adults and children from upstate New York: A cross-sectional study |
title_fullStr | Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus antibodies in adults and children from upstate New York: A cross-sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus antibodies in adults and children from upstate New York: A cross-sectional study |
title_short | Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus antibodies in adults and children from upstate New York: A cross-sectional study |
title_sort | seroprevalence of hepatitis e virus antibodies in adults and children from upstate new york: a cross-sectional study |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7837474/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33497387 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245850 |
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