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. 2015 Jan 6;5(1):43–48. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10018-1129

Table 2: Hepatitis E in Pakistan3,4,7,30-32

     Anti-HEV IgG/ total+ (%)      Anti-HEV
IgM+ (%) or n
    
Healthy children      18.3, 19.4          
Children from low socioeconomic urban communities      1.4, 14.4      2.4     
Healthy adults      16.0, 20          
Hospitalized patients with jaundice/acute hepatitis      7-22.0      20.2     
PAF bases Karachi, outbreak of acute hepatitis           204 confirmed cases     
G-10 Islamabad, outbreak of HEV in general public           3827, 10.0 AR     
Lahore Garrison, Outbreak of HEV in army people           283 confirmed     
Military Unit Abbottabad, outbreak of hepatitis E in military unit (n = 109)           95.0     
Hospital acquired outbreak, Karachi (N = 113)           AR 15.9     
Pregnant women with jaundice/ acute hepatitis      57.0, 61      66.9     
HEV superinfection in CLD      17.5