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Prevalence of Antibody to Hepatitis E Virus among Healthy Individuals in Southern Taiwan
Author(s) -
Peng ChienFang,
Lin MeeiRu,
Chue PayYu,
Tsai JungFa,
Shih ChingHua,
Chen ILung,
He Junkun,
Carl Mitchell
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1348-0421
pISSN - 0385-5600
DOI - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1995.tb03250.x
Subject(s) - seroprevalence , hepatitis e virus , volunteer , age groups , demography , hepatitis a virus , antibody , medicine , biology , environmental health , serology , virus , virology , immunology , ecology , sociology , genotype , gene , biochemistry
The seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) among 997 healthy individuals aged 6 to 84 years, collected between July 1993 and June 1994 at Kaohsiung‐Pingtung area in Southern Taiwan was studied. Of the study populations of vegetable farmers, elementary school children, volunteer blood donors and college students, the prevalence of IgG anti‐HEV ranged from 6.4% to 8.8%. In suburban elemantary school children of Mang‐Chou Village at Pingtung‐Hsien, the seroprevalence rate (9.6%) was significantly higher than the positive rate (1.5%) found in rural aboriginal elementary school of San‐Min Village at Kaohsiung‐Hsien. IgG anti‐HEV antibodies were widely distributed among all age groups, with a significantly higher percentage (13.1%) in the age group of 46‐55 years old.