| hepatitis e virus immunoglobulin g antibodies in different populations in campinas, brazil. | the seroprevalence of anti-hepatitis e virus (hev) antibodies was investigated by enzyme immunoassay in 205 volunteer blood donors, 214 women who attended a center for anonymous testing for human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection, and 170 hospital employees in campinas, a city in southeastern brazil. the prevalence of anti-hev antibodies ranged from 2.6% (3 of 117) in health care professionals to 17.7% (38 of 214) in women who considered themselves at risk for hiv. the prevalence of anti-he ... | 2000 | 10973460 |
| high prevalence of hepatitis e virus antibodies in sao paulo, southeastern brazil: analysis of a group of blood donors representative of the general population. | brazil is a non-endemic country for hepatitis e virus (hev) infection with seroprevalence from 1% to 4% in blood donors and the general population. however, data on seroprevalence of hev in the country are still limited. this study evaluated the prevalence of past or present hev infection in a group of blood donors representative of the general population of the city of sao paulo, southeastern brazil. serum samples from 500 blood donors were tested from july to september 2014 by serological and ... | 2017 | 28606414 |