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Hepatitis E virus: The cause of a waterbourne hepatitis outbreak
Author(s) -
Skidmore S. J.,
Yarbough P. O.,
Gabor K. A.,
Reyes G. R.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/jmv.1890370110
Subject(s) - virology , hepatitis e virus , outbreak , hepatitis a , hepatitis , viral hepatitis , medicine , antibody , virus , viral disease , immunology , biology , genotype , biochemistry , gene
Newly developed assays for antibody to hepatitis E virus (HEV) were used to study 114 serum samples collected during an outbreak of enterically transmitted hepatitis that occurred in Kashmir in 1978/9. The sera included samples from patients with viral hepatitis, anicteric hepatitis, contacts of cases, and unaffected persons. A total of 71% of patients with viral hepatitis were found positive for anti‐HEV specific IgG, and 75% of these were also positive for IgM. These data confirm the hepatitis E virus as the causative agent in this outbreak. © 1992 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.