TY - JOUR AU - TAHIR, Z AU - ASLAM, M AU - AMAN, S PY - 2017/10/09 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Prevalence of Hepatitis E Virus (HEV)-IgG Antibodies in Hospitalized Jaundiced Patients JF - Annals of King Edward Medical University JA - Annals KEMU VL - 7 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.21649/akemu.v7i2.1834 UR - https://annalskemu.org/journal/index.php/annals/article/view/1834 SP - AB - <p>In this study, 100 sera of hospitalized jaundiced patients were assayed for the presence of HEV-lgG antibody by enzyme immunoassay (EIA). Twenty two patients were found to be positive for HEV-IgG antibodies showing overall prevalence of 22%. Most of the patients with HEV-IgG seropositivity were in the age group of 40-59 years showing positive reactivity of 26%. Neither sex distribution nor various occupational groups showed any significant difference (P&gt;O05) in frequency of HEV-IgG antibodies.<br> </p> ER -