ANTI HEPATITIS E VIRUS (Anti HEV) – IgM

Clinical Significance:

HEV infection is also called as enterically transmitted non-A non-B hepatitis (ET-NANB), epidemic non-A non-B hepatitis, faecal-oral non-A non-B hepatitis, A-like non A non B hepatitis

Characteristics:

• Single stranded positive sense RNA, non-enveloped, 27-34 nm, resembling caliciviruses and togaviruses(rubella virus)