Good Performance of Immunoglobulin M Assays in Diagnosing Genotype 3 Hepatitis E Virus Infections
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- 1 May 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Clinical and Vaccine Immunology
- Vol. 16 (5) , 772-774
- https://doi.org/10.1128/cvi.00438-08
Abstract
We have evaluated three anti-hepatitis E virus (anti-HEV) immunoglobulin M (IgM) assays, the EIAgen HEV IgM assay (Adaltis), the HEV IgM enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay 3.0, and the Assure HEV IgM rapid test (MP Diagnostics), for the routine detection of acute genotype 3 HEV. Their sensitivities were fairly good (90%, 88%, and 82%), and their specificities were excellent (100%, 99.5%, and 100%).Keywords
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