Laboratory-based Surveillance and Clinical Profile of Sporadic HEV Infection in Shanghai, China

• Published in: Virologica Sinica Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 644 - 654
• Main Authors: Lu, Jie, Li, Qing, Jiang, Jiayuan, Li, Ziqiang, Wang, Peiyun, Sheng, Zike, Lai, Rongtao, Zhou, Huijuan, Cai, Wei, Wang, Hui, Guo, Qing, Gui, Honglian, Xie, Qing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer Singapore 01.08.2021; KeAi Publishing Communications Ltd
• Subjects: Anorexia; Bilirubin; Biochemistry; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; China; China - epidemiology; Epidemiology; Hepatitis E virus - genetics; Humans; Immunoglobulin G; Immunoglobulin M; Infant, Newborn; Infections; Jaundice; Laboratories; liver; Male; Medical Microbiology; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Microbiology; monitoring; Oncology; Patients; Phylogeny; Polymerase chain reaction; Research Article; RNA; RNA, Viral - genetics; Seroepidemiologic Studies; seroprevalence; Surveillance; Viremia; Virology; Winter; China; Shanghai China; Genotyping; Surveillance; Epidemiology; Hepatitis E virus (HEV); Seroprevalence

The study aimed to describe the epidemiological, virological and clinical features of sporadic HEV infection in eastern China. A total of 6112 patient sera were tested for anti-HEV IgG or anti-HEV IgM during one consecutive year (between August 2018 and July 2019). HEV RNA presence was evaluated by...