Seroprevalence of Hepatitis E Virus in an Adult Urban Population from Burundi

Pierre Aubry Departement de Medecine Interne, Centre Hospitalo Universitaire de Kamenge, Laboratoire de Biologie Clinique, Hopital Robert Picque, Abbott Diagnostic, Unite de Recherches sur la Prevention et le Traitement ces Maladies Infectieuses (INSERM), Bujumbura, Burundi

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Loic Niel Departement de Medecine Interne, Centre Hospitalo Universitaire de Kamenge, Laboratoire de Biologie Clinique, Hopital Robert Picque, Abbott Diagnostic, Unite de Recherches sur la Prevention et le Traitement ces Maladies Infectieuses (INSERM), Bujumbura, Burundi

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Theodore Niyongabo Departement de Medecine Interne, Centre Hospitalo Universitaire de Kamenge, Laboratoire de Biologie Clinique, Hopital Robert Picque, Abbott Diagnostic, Unite de Recherches sur la Prevention et le Traitement ces Maladies Infectieuses (INSERM), Bujumbura, Burundi

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Sylvie Kerguelen Departement de Medecine Interne, Centre Hospitalo Universitaire de Kamenge, Laboratoire de Biologie Clinique, Hopital Robert Picque, Abbott Diagnostic, Unite de Recherches sur la Prevention et le Traitement ces Maladies Infectieuses (INSERM), Bujumbura, Burundi

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Bernard Larouze Departement de Medecine Interne, Centre Hospitalo Universitaire de Kamenge, Laboratoire de Biologie Clinique, Hopital Robert Picque, Abbott Diagnostic, Unite de Recherches sur la Prevention et le Traitement ces Maladies Infectieuses (INSERM), Bujumbura, Burundi

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1997.57.272
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Volume 57: Issue 3
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272–273
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The prevalence of antibodies to the hepatitis E virus (HEV) was measured in a group of 129 adults from Bujumbura, Burundi, using an ELISA. The prevalence of anti-HEV IgG was 14%, much lower than that of hepatitis A virus (HAV) (97.7%). In addition to the lability of antibodies to HEV, this difference might be explained by the extensive availability of good-quality drinking water in the city. The presence of serologic markers of HBV (77.6%), HCV (27.1%), and human immunodeficiency virus (30.2%) was not associated with that of anti-HEV.

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Copyright © 1997 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1997
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Sep 1997
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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0002-9637
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