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AuthorAl Absi, Enas S.
AuthorAl-Sadeq, Duaa W.
AuthorKhalili, Makiyeh
AuthorYounes, Nadin
AuthorAl‑Dewik, Nader
AuthorAbdelghany, Sara K.
AuthorAbouzid, Somaia S.
AuthorAl Thani, Asma A.
AuthorYassine, Hadi M.
AuthorCoyle, Peter V.
AuthorNasrallah, Gheyath K.
Available date2021-06-17T10:57:54Z
Publication Date2021-06-16
Publication NameBMC Gastroenterology
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12876-021-01841-2
CitationAl Absi, E.S., Al-Sadeq, D.W., Khalili, M. et al. The prevalence of HEV among non-A-C hepatitis in Qatar and efficiency of serological markers for the diagnosis of hepatitis E. BMC Gastroenterol 21, 266 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-021-01841-2
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/20680
AbstractBackground: The rapid growth of Qatar in the last two decades has attracted a large influx of immigrant workers who mostly come from HEV-hyperendemic countries. Thus, we aim to investigate the prevalence of HEV among acute non-A-C hepatitis patients in Qatar; and to evaluate the performance of four dominant commercial serological assays for HEV diagnosis. Methods: 259 patients with non-A-C hepatitis were tested using the Wantai HEV-IgM, HEV-IgG, HEV-Ag ELISA kits, and the MP Biomedical HEV-Total Ab ELISA kit. ALT levels were tested and HEV RNA (viral loads) was performed using Taqman AmpliCube HEV RT-PCR kit (Mikrogen, Neuried, Germany). The performance of each kit was assessed according to the RT-PCR results. Results: HEV-RNA was detected in 23.1% of the samples. Most of these HEV-RNA-positive cases belonged to non- Qatari residents from the Indian subcontinent; India, Pakistan, etc. HEV-Ag, HEV-IgM, HEV-IgG, HEV-Total Ab were detected in 5.56%, 8.65%, 32.1%, and 34.2% of all tested samples, respectively. Elevated ALT levels were highly correlated with the HEV-Ag, HEV-IgM, HEV-RNA but not with the HEV-IgG and HEV-Total Ab. Although HEV-Ag was very specific (100%), yet its sensitivity was poor (36.7%). HEV-IgM demonstrated the best second marker for diagnosis of acute HEV after RT-PCR as jugged by the overall performance parameters: specificity (96.2%), sensitivity (71.4%), PPV (83.3%), NPP (92.7%), agreement with RT-PCR (91.0%), and Kappa-value (0.71). Conclusion: Our study demonstrated a high prevalence of HEV virus in Qatar, mostly among immigrants from the Indian subcontinent. The HEV-IgM represents the best marker for detecting the acute HEV infection, where RT-PCR cannot be performed.
SponsorThis report was made possible by UREP Grant #UREP19-013-3-001 from the Qatar National Research Fund (a member of Qatar Foundation) and Qatar university collaborative grant No. QUCG-CHS-19/20-1. We extend our gratitude to the Qatar National Library (QNL), a member of Qatar Foundation, for sponsoring the publication fees of this article. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The statements made herein are solely the responsibility of the authors.
Languageen
PublisherBMC
SubjectNon-A-C hepatitis
RT-PCR
Wantai ELISA
Test performance
Prevalence
Qatar
TitleThe prevalence of HEV among non-A-C hepatitis in Qatar and efciency of serological markers for the diagnosis of hepatitis E
TypeArticle
Issue Number1
Volume Number21
ESSN1471-230X
dc.accessType Open Access


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