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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2019

A Novel In-House Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Genotype 3 Hepatitis E Virus Reveals High Seroprevalence in Blood Donors in Northern Argentina.

Lorena Paola Arce, Melisa Florencia Müller, Alfredo Martinez, Armin Baiker, Gabriela Marranzino, Felicitas Agote, Maria Guadalupe Vizoso-Pinto

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Lorena Paola ArceInfection Biology Laboratory, Instituto de Investigaciones en Medicina Molecular y Celular Aplicada (IMMCA), SIPROSA, CONICET, UNT, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.
Melisa Florencia MüllerInfection Biology Laboratory, Instituto de Investigaciones en Medicina Molecular y Celular Aplicada (IMMCA), SIPROSA, CONICET, UNT, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.
Alfredo MartinezCentro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas (CEMIC), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Armin BaikerBavarian Health and Food Safety Authority (LGL), Oberschleissheim, Germany.
Gabriela MarranzinoBanco Central de Sangre de Tucumán "Dr. César Guerra," PRIS-Si.PRO.SA, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.
Felicitas AgoteBanco Central de Sangre de Tucumán "Dr. César Guerra," PRIS-Si.PRO.SA, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.
Maria Guadalupe Vizoso-PintoInfection Biology Laboratory, Instituto de Investigaciones en Medicina Molecular y Celular Aplicada (IMMCA), SIPROSA, CONICET, UNT, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.
Central Bank of Argentina · ARConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas · ARCentro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas Norberto Quirno · ARNational University of Tucumán · AR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an emergent virus that causes acute hepatitis in immunocompetent hosts and chronic hepatitis in immunocompromised hosts. In Latin America, the main circulating genotype HEV-3 is usually of zoonotic origin. Diagnosis and seroprevalence studies mainly rely on the detection of specific antibodies. There are scarce data on the seroprevalence of HEV infection in Latin America mainly due to the lack of awareness of HEV circulation. Furthermore, in some countries, like Argentina, HEV testing is not included in routine assays. In order to provide tools to deepen the knowledge on HEV epidemiology in South America, we designed a new in-house ELISA based on the native recombinant protein ORF2 aa112-608 and demonstrated its potential for detecting anti-HEV immunoglobulin G (IgG) in human serum samples. The following conditions were determined: an optimal antigen concentration of 0.25 μg/ml, a serum dilution of 1:80, gelatin as a blocking agent, and a secondary antibody dilution of 1:2000. A relative sensitivity of 93.33% (95% CI: 77.9-99.2%) and a relative specificity of 99.4% (95% CI: 96.7-100%) were determined using a panel of previously characterized sera and a gold standard (HEV IgG ELISA, DIA.PRO, Italy). Further, we obtained a very good agreement (

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blood donorsenzyme-linked immunosorbent assayhepatitis E virusrecombinant proteinseroprevalence

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