Publications

prevalence of hepatitis e antibodies in immigrants from developing countries.	the aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of anti-hepatitis e virus (hev) antibodies among indigenous spanish blood donors and immigrants from developing countries in order to determine whether immigrants pose a significant risk for the transmission of hev to the healthy spanish population. the seroprevalence of hev was determined in a cohort of 90 asymptomatic immigrants (mostly from countries in sub-saharan africa) who had recently arrived in madrid, spain, and in 863 bloo ...	2000	10834823
[acute hepatitis e in madrid: description of 18 cases].	hepatitis e virus (hev) is the main cause of non-a non-b enterically transmitted hepatitis in underdeveloped countries but is rare in industrialized areas. however, in the last few years, several sporadic autochthonous hepatitis e cases have been reported in europe and no risk factors, such as visiting to endemic areas, could be found in these patients.	2006	16938254
low prevalence of hepatitis e infection among pregnant women in madrid, spain.	hepatitis e virus, a cause of sporadic hepatitis in developed countries is present in spain. the aims of this study were to determine whether the prevalence of igg anti-hepatitis e virus antibodies has increased in recent years in spain and the prevalence in a study population at risk of developing the disease following the infection. serum samples from 1,040 women in the first trimester of pregnancy were studied. the prevalence rate of 3.6% has not increased significantly since 1999 in spite of ...	2010	20827762
Prevalence of specific antibody to hepatitis E virus in the general population of the community of Madrid, Spain.	Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an infectious agent causing hepatitis among humans. Although hepatitis E has been reported from many European countries, its incidence in Europe is largely unknown, and the prevalence of the HEV infection is also unknown for most countries of the region. Antibody to HEV (anti-HEV) was tested on 2,305 serum samples from the general population of the Community of Madrid (Spain) collected in the year 2008 among people aged 2-60 years. Total anti-HEV was tested by enzyme-i ...	2012	22095537