RESUMO

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.

Assuntos

Anticorpos Anti-Hepatite/sangue , Vírus da Hepatite E/genética , Vírus da Hepatite E/imunologia , Hepatite E/epidemiologia , Complicações Infecciosas na Gravidez/epidemiologia , Gravidez de Alto Risco , Adolescente , Adulto , Antígenos Virais/imunologia , Infecções Assintomáticas/epidemiologia , Doadores de Sangue , Estudos Transversais , Ensaio de Imunoadsorção Enzimática , Feminino , Genótipo , Anticorpos Anti-Hepatite/imunologia , Hepatite E/imunologia , Hepatite E/virologia , Humanos , Imunoglobulina G/sangue , México/epidemiologia , Gravidez , Complicações Infecciosas na Gravidez/imunologia , Complicações Infecciosas na Gravidez/virologia , Prevalência , Adulto Jovem