ABSTRACT
Twenty-four patients with presumptive diagnosis of HVE with a mean age of 37.7 years are presented. A qualitative antiHVE by ELISA was performed in all of them, and repeated at monthly intervals during a 6 month period, and 18 gave a positive result for acute HVE. The majority were detected 60 days after the initiation of their signosintomatology. Clinical characterization are outlined.
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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Hepatitis Antibodies/analysis , Hepatitis Viruses/chemistry , Hepatitis, Viral, Human/immunology , Immunoglobulin G/analysis , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay , Follow-Up Studies , Hepatitis Viruses/immunology , Hepatitis, Viral, Human/epidemiology , Hepatitis, Viral, Human/virologyABSTRACT
Twenty-four patients with presumptive diagnosis of HVE with a mean age of 37.7 years are presented. A qualitative antiHVE by ELISA was performed in all of them, and repeated at monthly intervals during a 6 month period, and 18 gave a positive result for acute HVE. The majority were detected 60 days after the initiation of their signosintomatology. Clinical characterization are outlined.(Au)