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Volume 12, Number 11—November 2006
Research

Seroprevalence of Hepatitis E Virus Infection, Rural Southern People’s Republic of China

Rong-Cheng Li*1, Sheng-Xiang Ge†1, Yan-Ping Li*, Ying-Jie Zheng†2, Yi Nong*, Qing-Shun Guo†, Jun Zhang†, Mun-Hon Ng†, and Ning-Shao Xia†Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *Guangxi Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanning, People's Republic of China; †Xiamen University, Xiamen, People's Republic of China

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Table 3

Changes in IgG anti-hepatitis E virus (HEV) status in rural communities of southern China, 2003–2004

Communities Participants IgG anti-HEV seroprevalence (%)
PC* % (n) NC* % (n)
2003 2004
Linyun 738 62.2 78.2 17.9 (50)* 2.0 (9)
Xin'an 533 63.6 65 3.1 (6) 0.3 (1)
Guilin 340 58.2 59.4 4.2 (6) 3.0 (6)
Luochen 455 44.4 44.9 2.0 (5) 1.5 (3)
Tiendan 166 48.2 46.9 1.2 (1) 2.5 (2)
Binyan 657 30.6 31.8 1.8 (8) 0.5 (1)
Linshan 542 19.4 20.1 0.7 (3) 0.0 (0)
Liuzhen†
Total 3,431 46.2 49.1 4.3 (79) 1.4 (22)
Male 1,597 48.5 52.1 5.0 (41) 1.4 (11)
Female 1,834 44.1 46.5 3.7 (38) 1.4 (11)

*Changes in serologic status were indicated by changes in IgG anti-HEV seroprevalence observed in 2003 and 2004, percent and number (n) of seronegative participants undergoing positive seroconversion (PC), and that of seropositive persons undergoing negative seroconversion (NC). Linyun has significantly higher PC (p<0.01).
†–, not done.

*Changes in serologic status were indicated by changes in IgG anti-HEV seroprevalence observed in 2003 and 2004, percent and number (n) of seronegative participants undergoing positive seroconversion (PC), and that of seropositive persons undergoing negative seroconversion (NC). Linyun has significantly higher PC (p<0.01).
†–, not done.

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1Dr. Rong-Cheng Li and Dr. Sheng-Xiang Ge contributed equally to this paper.

2Current affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

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