Table 1.

Anti-HEV prevalences for hunters, Wetteraukreis district, Hesse in Central Germany, 2013

		recomWell IgG assay		Axiom assay
		Seroprevalence	95 % CI	Seroprevalence	95 % CI
Age groups	20–29	0 % (0/7)		14 % (1/7)	0-43*
	30–39	0 % (0/9)		0 % (0/9)
	40–49	16 % (4/25)	1.1–31	24 % (6/25)	7–41
	50–59	20 % (7/35)	6.4–34	43 % (15/35)	26–60
	60–69	19 % (7/36)	3.2–33	47 % (17/36)	31–64
	70–79	67 % (8/12)	39–95	67 % (8/12)	39–95
	80–89	0 % (0/2)		50 % (1/2)	0–100*
	Total	21 % (26/126)	13–28	38 % (48/126)	29–47
Sex	male	20 % (24/118)	13–28	39 % (46/118)	30–48
	female	25 % (2/8)	0–57*	25 % (2/8)	0–57*
Hunting area	East (E)	26 % (9/34)	11–42	52 % (17/34)	34–69
	Northwest (NW)	14 % (9/65)	5–22	31 % (20/65)	19–42
	Southwest (SW)	30 % (8/27)	12–47	41 % (11/27)	22–60