Laboratory Testing for Hepatitis A and E

Patient Case

September 2008

Let’s begin by looking at the patient case of a health care worker presenting for a post-employment health evaluation. The patient is a 35 year-old, foreign-born, healthy woman. She is interested in knowing her immunity status to Hepatitis A.

What laboratory test can be used to determine if this she has had Hepatitis A in the past or is immune to this viral hepatitis?

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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