Increasing positive rate of IgG against hepatitis E virus with steady IgM positivity and clinical incidence: A retrospective seroprevalence time series analysis of HEV from 2012 to 2021 in Chongqing, China

• Published in: Journal of medical virology Vol. 95; no. 6; pp. e28872 - n/a
• Main Authors: Shi, Lingfeng, Wang, Yanping, Cao, Xuemei, Huang, Wenxiang, Zhang, Shujun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.06.2023
• Subjects: Age composition; Autoregressive models; China; China - epidemiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Epidemics; Hepatitis; Hepatitis Antibodies; Hepatitis E - epidemiology; Hepatitis E virus; Humans; IgG antibody; Immunoglobulin G; Immunoglobulin M; Prevention; Retrospective Studies; Seroepidemiologic Studies; Serology; seroprevalence; Time Factors; time series analysis; Virology; Viruses; China; time series analysis; seroprevalence; hepatitis E virus; China

China is an epidemic area of hepatitis E, and the serum prevalence data is very important for formulating prevention and control strategies. However, almost all related research in the past decade are cross‐sectional studies. In this study, we analyzed the serological data from 2012 to 2021 in Chong...