Hepatitis E virus: The cause of a waterbourne hepatitis outbreak | Zendy

Skidmore S. J. | Zendy; Yarbough P. O. | Zendy; Gabor K. A. | Zendy; Reyes G. R. | Zendy

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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.

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