Laboratory Testing for Hepatitis A and E

Introduction

September 2008

Welcome to Mayo Medical Laboratories’ Hot Topics. These presentations provide short discussion of current topics and may be helpful to you in your practice.

Our presenter for this program is Dr. Joseph Yao, from the Division of Clinical Microbiology at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Yao will be discussing the epidemiology of Hepatitis A and Hepatitis E and the appropriate laboratory testing for these viruses.

Introduction

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• 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