Laboratory Testing for Hepatitis A and E

Geographic Distribution of Hepatitis E

September 2008

Next I’m going to discuss Hepatitis E as it is very similar in transmission modes and presentation to acute Hepatitis A. You can see from this geographic distribution of Hepatitis A that the cases are mainly found in the developing countries near the tropical and sub-tropical areas of the world. Outbreaks of Hepatitis E account for more than 25% of the sporadic non-A, non-B, and non-C acute hepatitis in these regions.

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• Introduction
• Patient Case
• Geographic Distribution of Hepatitis A Virus Infection
• Hepatitis A Epidemiology
• Hepatitis A Virus Infection Typical Serologic Course
• Hepatitis A Diagnosis
• Assay Methods for HAV Serologic Markers
• Patient Case
• Interpretation of HAV Serologic Marker Test Results
• Patient Case
• Incidence of Acute Hepatitis A by Year
• Incidence of Acute Hepatitis A by Age
• Trends in Epidemiologic Characteristics
• Incidence of Acute Hepatitis A by Race/Ethnicity
• Geographic Distribution of Hepatitis E
• Hepatitis E Epidemiology
• Hepatitis E Virus Infection
• Hepatitis E Diagnosis
• Summary Hepatitis A
• Summary Hepatitis E
• Questions?
• Disclosure