RESUMEN

The aim of the study was to assess whether high-risk pregnant women have a higher prevalence of HEV during the perinatal period. This was a cross-sectional study of 428 patients: Group 1, 127 women with a high-risk pregnancy; Group 2, 97 asymptomatic people with reactivity to HCV or HBV; Group 3, 94 patients with clinical symptoms suggestive of HEV infection; and Group 4, 110 healthy blood donors from an urban area of Mexico City. ELISA was used to measure antibody to HEV genotypes 1 and 3. The prevalence rates of anti-HEV IgG antibodies were 0.79% in Group 1, 2.1% in Group 2, 7.4% in Group 3, and 0% in Group 4. Women with a high-risk pregnancy did not have a higher prevalence of HEV infection in this clinical setting.

Asunto(s)

Anticuerpos Antihepatitis/sangre , Virus de la Hepatitis E/genética , Virus de la Hepatitis E/inmunología , Hepatitis E/epidemiología , Complicaciones Infecciosas del Embarazo/epidemiología , Embarazo de Alto Riesgo , Adolescente , Adulto , Antígenos Virales/inmunología , Infecciones Asintomáticas/epidemiología , Donantes de Sangre , Estudios Transversales , Ensayo de Inmunoadsorción Enzimática , Femenino , Genotipo , Anticuerpos Antihepatitis/inmunología , Hepatitis E/inmunología , Hepatitis E/virología , Humanos , Inmunoglobulina G/sangre , México/epidemiología , Embarazo , Complicaciones Infecciosas del Embarazo/inmunología , Complicaciones Infecciosas del Embarazo/virología , Prevalencia , Adulto Joven