title: Prevalence of IgG Anti-HEV in Buenos Aires, a Nonendemic Area for Hepatitis E.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hemotherapy and Immunohematology, Hospital de Clínicas, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rey
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Findor
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Daruich
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Velazco
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Igartua
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schmee
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Kohan