Prevalence of IgG Anti-HEV in Buenos Aires, a Nonendemic Area for Hepatitis E.
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the main etiological agent for the enterically transmitted form of non-A, non-B hepatitis (ET-NANB), and is associated with epidemic and sporadic forms of the disease,1 mainly in some developing countries.2 In Argentina, no ET-NANB hepatitis epidemics have been described, and no epidemiological HEV data are known up to this time. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the prevalence of anti-HEV in different groups of the population of Buenos Aires, an area considered to be nonendemic.
Rey
JA
Department of Hemotherapy and Immunohematology, Hospital de Clínicas, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Findor
JA
Daruich
JR
Velazco
CC
Igartua
EB
Schmee
E
Kohan
AI