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table 2, Evaluation of Assays for Antibody to Hepatitis E Virus by a Serum Panel

table  2.   Detection of Antibody to HEV in Known-Positive and Known-Negative Sera by 12 Different Tests
Test Anti-HEV Reactive (n)
Positive Sera*
Negative Seradagger (n = 22)
<6 mo (n = 9)  6 mo (n = 20)
1 9 18 0
2 9 20 0
3 9 20 1 [6]Dagger
4 8 19 0 [1]Dagger
5 9 19 0
6 5 14 [1]Dagger 0
7 9 17 0
8 6 14 0
9 1 1 5 [2]Dagger
10 7 [1]Dagger 3 [6]Dagger 0
11 2 2 0
12 6 10 0
* Known-positive sera included a series of convalescent human sera obtained 3 months to 13 years after acute hepatitis E and serial sera from chimpanzees inoculated with hepatitis E virus strains from various geographic regions. Results are presented for sera obtained <6 months after infection and  6 months after infection.
dagger Known-negative sera included preinoculation chimpanzee sera; sera from chimpanzees with hepatitis A virus, hepatitis B virus, or hepatitis C virus infection; and normal human sera.
Dagger Numbers in brackets indicate sera with an indeterminate test result.

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