Hepatitis E Virus Seroprevalence and Correlates of Anti-HEV IgG Antibodies in the Rakai District, Uganda
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Date
2018
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The Journal of Infectious Diseases
Abstract
A cross-sectional study was conducted of 500 human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV)-infected adults frequency matched
on age, sex, and community to 500 HIV-uninfected individuals
in the Rakai District, Uganda to evaluate seroprevalence
of anti-hepatitis E virus (HEV) IgG antibodies. HEV seroprevalence
was 47%, and 1 HIV-infected individual was actively
infected with a genotype 3 virus. Using modified Poisson regression,
male sex (prevalence ratios [PR] = 1.247; 95% confidence
interval [CI], 1.071–1.450) and chronic hepatitis B virus
infection (PR = 1.377; 95% CI, 1.090–1.738) were associated
with HEV seroprevalence. HIV infection status (PR = 0.973;
95% CI, 0.852–1.111) was not associated with HEV seroprevalence.
These data suggest there is a large burden of prior exposure
to HEV in rural Uganda.
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Keywords
hepatitis E virus, Viral hepatitis, HEV seroprevalence, Uganda, Rakai
Citation
Boon, D., Redd, A. D., Laeyendecker, O., Engle, R. E., Nguyen, H., Ocama, P., ... & Rakai Health Sciences Program. (2018). Hepatitis E virus seroprevalence and correlates of anti-HEV IgG antibodies in the Rakai District, Uganda. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 217(5), 785-789. DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jix610