Table 1.

Hepatitis A and E virus positivity by age group, gender, and region, Virus Research and Diagnostic Laboratory network, India, 2014–2017

	Number tested	No. HAV positive (%)	No. HEV positive (%)	No. positive for both HAV and HEV (%)	HAV:HEV positivity ratio
Age group (years)
≤ 9	5,060	1,493 (29.5)	182 (3.6)	86 (1.7)	5.89
10–19	3,552	636 (17.9)	510 (14.4)	61 (1.7)	1.22
20–29	3,892	234 (6.0)	1,147 (29.5)	51 (1.3)	0.24
30–39	3,245	182 (5.6)	674 (20.8)	24 (0.7)	0.30
40–49	2,621	130 (5.0)	428 (16.3)	20 (0.8)	0.33
50–59	1,558	54 (3.5)	248 (15.9)	26 (1.7)	0.29
≥ 60	1,286	36 (2.8)	165 (12.8)	17 (1.3)	0.29
Not available	2,786	252 (9.0)	511 (18.3)	35 (1.3)	0.53
Gender
Male	15,094	1,826 (12.1)	2,546 (16.9)	192 (1.3)	0.74
Female	8,834	1,162 (13.2)	1,317 (14.9)	125 (1.4)	0.89
Not available	72	29 (40.3)	2 (2.8)	3 (4.2)	6.40
Region
South	1,517	340 (22.4)	120 (7.9)	20 (1.3)	2.57
North	9,255	1,597 (17.3)	1,325 (14.3)	142 (1.5)	1.19
East	2,908	311 (10.7)	444 (15.3)	40 (1.4)	0.73
Northeast	770	123 (16.0)	40 (5.2)	11 (1.4)	2.63
West/central	9,550	646 (13.3)	1,936 (35.6)	107 (1.9)	0.37
Total	24,000	3,017 (12.6)	3,865 (16.1)	320 (1.3)	0.80

HAV = Hepatitis A virus; HEV = Hepatitis E virus.