title: Detection of IgA class antibody to hepatitis E virus in serum samples from patients with hepatitis E virus infection.
abstract: A newly developed assay for IgA class antibody to hepatitis E virus (IgA anti-HEV) was used to study 145 serum samples collected during an outbreak of an enterically transmitted hepatitis that occurred in 3 villages in the lower Shebeli region of Southern Somalia between January, 1988 and November, 1989. A total of 52.4% of the afflicted patients were found positive for IgA anti-HEV, and 73.1% of these were also positive for IgM. Both antibodies disappeared during the convalescence period. Similar results were also seen in serum obtained from sporadic cases of acute waterborne hepatitis in Pakistan.
authors.affiliation: Experimental Biology Research, Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, Illinois 60064.
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Chau
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Dawson
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Bile
authors.forename: L O
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Magnius
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Sjogren
authors.forename: I K
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Mushahwar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods; D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies / Q000097:blood*; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000276:immunology*; D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000097:blood*; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M