Seroprevalence of hepatitis E among hospitalized patients in Slovakia: first report
| Autor: | Zuzana Paraličová, Monika Halánová, Zuzana Kalinová, Jakub Sekula, Martin Novotný, Ján Paralič, Ivan Schréter, Pavol Kristian |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Slovakia medicine.medical_specialty Hospitalized patients Population Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors Seroepidemiologic Studies Internal medicine Genotype Hepatitis E virus medicine Humans Seroprevalence Hepatitis Antibodies 030212 general & internal medicine Raw meat Risk factor education 0303 health sciences education.field_of_study biology business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health 030311 toxicology General Medicine Hepatitis E medicine.disease Hospitalization biology.protein Female Antibody business |
| Zdroj: | Central European Journal of Public Health. 28:70-73 |
| ISSN: | 1803-1048 1210-7778 |
| Popis: | Objective: Hepatitis E infection is one of the most frequent acute hepatitis in the world. Currently five human genotypes with different geographical distributions and distinct epidemiologic patterns are identified. In Slovakia, only rare cases of hepatitis E have been reported in recent years. Therefore, the aim of the study was to evaluate the prevalence of anti-HEV total antibodies and the main risk factors for HEV in the general population in Eastern Slovakia. Methods: Detection of anti-HEV total antibodies samples was done by a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kit. Results: Of 175 hospitalized patients included in the study, 76 (43.5%) showed positivity for anti-HEV total antibodies. No statistically significant differences were found in anti-HEV positivity between men and women or in the groups of different living areas (town/village - urban/rural). Conclusion: Prevalence of anti-HEV total antibodies of hospitalised patients was high. The risk factor significantly associated with antibody positivity was eating raw meat. Other factors, such as sex, age, living area and contact with animals were not associated with antibody positivity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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