title: [Detection of the level of serum IgG antibody to hepatitis E virus].
abstract: The levels of serum IgG antibody to hepatitis E virus (anti-HEV-IgG) was detected in serum specimens from 50 patients with acute sporadic hepatitis E and 20 healthy donors who were positive for anti-HEV-IgG by ELISA titration. The results showed that the level of anti-HEV-IgG in acute hepatitis E patients was significantly higher than that in healthy donors and the average titer is 1:121 and 1:22, respectively (P < 0.01). So acute viral hepatitis E should be diagnozed when the titer of anti-HEV-IgG was over 1:40.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease, Xiangya Hospital, Hunan Medical University, Changsha.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gan
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D001782:Blood Donors; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000276:immunology*; D016752:Hepatitis E virus / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G