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Hepatitis E: What’s New?

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Diagnostic tests for HEV<br />

IgM anti-HEV<br />

Early phase of clinical illness<br />

Sensitivity 80-90% Specificity 92%<br />

IgG anti-HEV<br />

Appears shortly after IgM<br />

Persist as long as 14 yrs after acute illness<br />

HEV-RNA<br />

Appear early in stool<br />

Short-lived in acute infection<br />

Two real-time PCR assays

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