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Performance Evaluation of Different Commercial Serological Kits for Diagnosis of Acute Hepatitis E Viral Infection Cover

Performance Evaluation of Different Commercial Serological Kits for Diagnosis of Acute Hepatitis E Viral Infection

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|Jun 2020

Figures & Tables

Table I

Diagnostic performance of anti-HEV IgM assays.

Commercial tests% Sensitivity (95% CI)% Specificity (95% CI)% PPV (95% CI)% NPV (95% CI)AUC (95% CI) p % Specificity with RD (95% CI)% Specificity with CMV/EBV (95% CI)% Specificity with healthy (95% CI)
Wantai84.9 (75.5–91.7)100 (98.7–100)100 (100–100)95.5 (92.8–97.2)0.924 (0.892–0.949)< 0.01100 (100–100)100 (100–100)100 (100–100)
Kehua86.0 (76.9–92.6)100 (98.7–100)100 (100–100)95.9 (93.2–97.5)0.930 (0.899–0.954)< 0.01100 (100–100)100 (100–100)100 (100–100)
Lizhu83.7 (74.2–90.8)100 (98.7–100)100 (100–100)95.2 (92.5–97.0)0.919 (0.886–0.945)< 0.01100 (100–100)100 (100–100)100 (100–100)
Genelabs82.6 (72.9–89.9)99.3 (97.4–99.9)97.3 (89.9–99.3)94.8 (92.1–96.7)0.909 (0.875–0.937)< 0.0197.8 (94.8–100)100 (100–100)100 (100–100)
Table II

Concordance for anti-HEV IgM assays in the diagnosis of the acute HEV infections.

Commercial tests% ConcordanceKappa (95% CI)
Wantai
Kehua98.80.950 (0.852–1.000)
Lizhu98.80.953 (0.862–1.000)
Genelabs95.30.819 (0.648–0.990)
Kehua
Lizhu97.70.903 (0.771–1.000)
Genelabs96.50.860 (0.706–1.000)
Lizhu
Genelabs96.50.868 (0.722–1.000)
Table III

Diagnostic performance of anti-HEV IgG assays.

Commercial tests% Sensitivity (95% CI)% Specificity (95% CI)% PPV (95% CI)% NPV (95% CI)AUC (95% CI) p % Specificity with RD (95% CI)% Specificity with CMV/EBV (95% CI)% Specificity with healthy (95% CI)
Wantai91.9 (83.9–96.7)74.8 (69.3–79.8)53.0 (47.7–58.3)96.7 (93.6–98.4)0.833 (0.791–0.870)< 0.0179.2 (71.0–87.3)81.3 (73.3–89.3)64.6 (55.0–74.1)
Kehua87.2 (78.3–93.4)97.5 (94.9–99.0)91.5 (83.7–95.7)96.1 (93.4–97.7)0.923 (0.891–0.949)< 0.0198.9 (96.6–100)97.8 (94.8–100)96.9 (93.4–100)
Lizhu89.5 (81.1–95.1)75.9 (70.4–80.8)53.5 (48.0–58.9)95.9 (92.6–97.8)0.827 (0.784–0.865)< 0.0183.5 (75.9–91.1)74.7 (65.8–83.6)69.8 (60.6–79.0)
Genelabs88.4 (79.7–94.3)97.5 (94.9–99.0)91.6 (83.9–95.8)96.4 (93.8–98.0)0.929 (0.898–0.953)< 0.0198.9 (96.6–100)96.7 (93.0–100)97.9 (95.0–100)
Table IV

Concordance for anti-HEV IgG assays.

Commercial testsConcordance of HEVConcordance of RDConcordance of CMV/EBVConcordance of healthy
%Kappa (95% CI)%Kappa (95% CI)%Kappa (95% CI)%Kappa (95% CI)
Wantai
Kehua95.30.753 (0.524–0.982)80.20.081 (–0.069–0.231)81.30.069 (–0.102–0.239)68.80.147 (0.015–0.279)
Lizhu98.80.927 (0.785–1.000)91.20.712 (0.525–0.898)88.50.809 (0.664–0.954)94.80.882 (0.782–0.982)
Genelabs96.50.805 (0.592–1.000)80.20.081 (–0.069–0.231)82.40.153 (–0.064–0.369)67.70.111 (–0.007–0.229)
Kehua
Lizhu96.50.823 (0.629–1.000)84.60.107 (–0.087–0.300)76.90.125 (–0.034–0.283)74.00.183 (0.238–0.341)
Genelabs96.50.837 (0.658–1.000)1001.000 (1.000–1.000)98.90.795 (0.403–1.000)99.00.852 (0.566–1.000)
Lizhu
Genelabs95.30.752 (0.520–0.984)84.60.107 (–0.087–0.300)78.00.183 (0.001–0.366)72.90.139 (–0.005–0.282)
Table V

Consistency for HEV Ag and HEV RNA assays in the diagnosis of the acute HEV infections.

HEV RNA +, n (%)HEV RNA −, n (%)Total, n (%)
HEV Ag +, n (%)36 (41.86)0 (0)  36 (41.86)
HEV Ag −, n (%)8 (9.3)42 (48.84)  50 (58.14)
Total, n (%)44 (51.16)42 (48.84)86 (100)
Fig. 1.

Flow diagram for patients with acute viral hepatitis E.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33073/pjm-2020-025 | Journal eISSN: 2544-4646 | Journal ISSN: 1733-1331
Language: English
Page range: 217 - 222
Submitted on: Mar 7, 2020
Accepted on: May 9, 2020
Published on: Jun 4, 2020
Published by: Polish Society of Microbiologists
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2020 QIANG ZHANG, XIAOLONG ZONG, DONGMING LI, JING LIN, LIHUA LI, published by Polish Society of Microbiologists
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