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Evaluation of diagnostic assays for hepatitis E virus in outbreak settings.

Myint KS, Endy TP, Gibbons RV, Laras K, Mammen MP, Sedyaningsih ER, Seriwatana J, Glass JS, Narupiti S, Corwin AL

Department of Virology, USAMC-AFRIMS, 315/6 Rajvithi Road, Bangkok 1040, Thailand. myintk@afrims.org

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a major cause of hepatitis. We evaluated five HEV antibody diagnostic assays by using outbreak specimens. The Abbott immunoglobulin G (IgG), Genelabs IgG, and Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) IgM assays were about 90% sensitive; the Abbott IgG and WRAIR total Ig and IgM assays were more than 90% specific.

Published 6 April 2006 in J Clin Microbiol, 44(4): 1581-3.
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