TABLE 5.
Specificity of IgG and IgM anti-HEV ELISA in the differential diagnosis of AHE in healthy and liver disease controlsa
ELISA | % Specificity (S) and % concordance (C) for comparison of 15 AHE samples with the following control samples:
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Other liver disease (n = 160)
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Healthy (n = 271)
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All (n = 431)
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S | C | S | C | S | C | |
IgG anti-HEV | 90.6 | 90.3 | 93.0 | 92.7 | 92.1 | 91.9 |
IgM anti-HEV | 98.1 | 94.3 | 98.9 | 96.5 | 98.6 | 97.1 |
All control serum samples were negative for HEV RNA.