Table 1.

Characteristics of Participants in a Study of the Persistence of Hepatitis E Virus Antibodies (n = 121), Matlab, Bangladesh, 2015

Participant Type	No. of Persons			Dates Studied		Total Time Since Exposure, years	Age at Enrollment, years		Clinical Characteristics at Enrollment
	Total	Men	Women	Enrollment	Follow-up		Mean	Range
HEV seroconverter	75	30	45	2003–2005	2015	10–12	34	2–71	Asymptomatic HEV infection
Acute case of hepatitis E illness	46	31	15	2004–2006	2015	9–11	23	3–62	Symptomatic HEV infection first identified by symptoms, then by serological analysis

Abbreviation: HEV, hepatitis E virus.