<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<front>
<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0124-7107</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Universidad y Salud]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Univ. Salud]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0124-7107</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Nariño]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0124-71072021000100076</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22267/rus.212301.217</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Prevalencia de anticuerpos anti-hepatitis E de tipo IgG evaluados a través de tres ensayos comerciales]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Prevalence of anti-Hepatitis E IgG analyzed in sera through three commercial kits]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Padilla-Sanabria]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Leonardo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Quindío Facultad de Ciencias de salud, Programa de Medicina Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Grupo GYMOL]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Quindío ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>01</day>
<month>01</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>01</day>
<month>01</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>23</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>76</fpage>
<lpage>82</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0124-71072021000100076&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0124-71072021000100076&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0124-71072021000100076&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Introducción:  El virus de la Hepatitis E (HVE) es de ácido ribonucleico desnudo, los genotipos 3 y 4 pueden presentarse como una zoonosis transmitida por agua o alimentos contaminados. En la zona del eje cafetero-Colombia, no se ha descrito la presencia de anticuerpos para este virus en la comunidad.  Objetivo:  Determinar la prevalencia de anticuerpos anti-HVE de tipo Inmuniglobulinas G (IgG) en muestras de suero de un laboratorio clínico del Eje Cafetero.  Materiales y métodos:  En un periodo de dos meses se analizaron 90 sueros de pacientes atendidos en un laboratorio clínico de la ciudad de Armenia, se utilizaron tres técnicas diferentes para la caracterización de los anticuerpos y se compararon sus resultados.  Resultados:  De los 90 sueros evaluados, la técnica de ELISA de anticuerpos totales ELISA IgG anti HVE Recom Well marca Mikrogen identificó 2 sueros positivos (2,2%), la Prueba ELISA IgG HVE versión ULTRA® marca Diapro evidenció una muestra equivoca (1,1%). La prueba western blot Recom line HVE marca Mikrogen detectó 4 muestras positivas (4,4%).  Conclusiones:  Se encontró una prevalencia de anticuerpos HVE IgG que oscila entre 0 y 4,4% dependiendo de la prueba comercial utilizada, evidenciando circulación del virus y un posible ciclo infecciosos en la región.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Introduction: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a nonenveloped, RNA virus. HEV genotypes 3 and 4 are considered zoonosis transmitted by contaminated water and/or food. The presence of antibodies against this virus have not been described in communities inhabiting the &#8220;Coffee Axis&#8221; region of Colombia.  Objective:  To determine the prevalence of anti-Hepatitis E IgG in serum samples analyzed in a clinical laboratory from the Colombian Coffee Axis.  Materials and methods:  90 serum samples from patients treated at a clinical laboratory in the city of Armenia (Quindio) were analyzed and compared through three different methods that characterize antibodies.  Results:  The Mikrogen recomWell ELISA kit (IgG anti-HEV) identified two positive sera (2.2%). The Diapro HEV IgG ELISA (version ULTRA®) test registered a false positive sample (1.1%). The Mikrogen recom Line HVE western blot assay detected 4 positive samples (4.4%).  Conclusions:  Depending on the commercial kit used, the prevalence of anti-HEV IgG antibodies fluctuated between 0% to 4.4%, which demonstrates that the virus is circulating and that a possible infectious cycle in this region exists.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Inmunoglobulina G]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[ELISA]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[virus de la hepatitis E]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[western blot]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Immunoglobulin G]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[ELISA]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[hepatitis E virus]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[western blot]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
</article-meta>
</front><back>
<ref-list>
<ref id="B1">
<label>1</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Melgaço]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[JG]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gardinali]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[NR]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[de Mello]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[VDM]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Leal]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lewis-Ximenez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[LL]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pinto]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[MA]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Hepatitis E Update on Prevention and Control]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Biomed Res Int]]></source>
<year>2018</year>
<volume>2018</volume>
<page-range>5769201</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B2">
<label>2</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lhomme]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Legrand-Abravanel]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[F]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Kamar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[N]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Izopet]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Screening, diagnosis and risks associated with Hepatitis E virus infection]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther]]></source>
<year>2019</year>
<volume>17</volume>
<numero>6</numero>
<issue>6</issue>
<page-range>403-18</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B3">
<label>3</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Goel]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Amit]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aggarwal]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rakesh]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Advances in hepatitis E - II: Epidemiology, clinical manifestations, treatment and prevention]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Expert Review of Gastroenterology &amp; Hepatology]]></source>
<year>2016</year>
<volume>10</volume>
<numero>9</numero>
<issue>9</issue>
<page-range>1065-74</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B4">
<label>4</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Duque]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Restrepo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[L]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mantilla-Rojas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[C]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Toro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Olarte]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[JC]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mantilla-Rojas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Corte´s-Mancera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[F]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Navas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[MC]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Frecuencia de anticuerpos contra el virus de la hepatitis E en donantes de sangre del municipio de Yarumal, Antioquia]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Revista Colombiana De Gastroenterología]]></source>
<year>2017</year>
<volume>31</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<issue>3</issue>
<page-range>229-34</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B5">
<label>5</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Dioselina]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Peláez]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Daniel]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Martínez-Vargas]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martha]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Escalante-Mora]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mariel]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Palacios-Vivero]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lady]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Contreras-Gómez]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Infección simultánea por el virus de la hepatitis E y de otras hepatitis virales en Colombia y su caracterización genotípica]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Biomédica]]></source>
<year>2016</year>
<volume>36</volume>
<numero>^sSuppl 2</numero>
<issue>^sSuppl 2</issue>
<supplement>Suppl 2</supplement>
<page-range>69-78</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B6">
<label>6</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Peláez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[D]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hoyos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[MC]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rendón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[JC]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mantilla]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[C]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ospina]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[MC]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cortés-Mancera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[F]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Infección por el virus de la hepatitis E en pacientes con diagnóstico clínico de hepatitis viral en Colombia.]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Biomédica]]></source>
<year>2014</year>
<volume>34</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<issue>3</issue>
<page-range>354-65</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B7">
<label>7</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Betancur]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[C]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mejía]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Portillo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[S]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Seroprevalencia de hepatitis E en trabajadores de fincas porcícolas del Valle de Aburrá 2011-2012]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Acta Médica Colombiana]]></source>
<year>2013</year>
<volume>38</volume>
<page-range>68-70</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B8">
<label>8</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Webb]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[GW]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Dalton]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[HR]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Hepatitis E: an underestimated emerging threat]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Ther Adv Infect Dis]]></source>
<year>2019</year>
<volume>6</volume>
<page-range>1-18</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B9">
<label>9</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gupta]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[E]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Agarwala]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Hepatitis E virus infection An old virus with a new story!]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Indian J Med Microbiol]]></source>
<year>2018</year>
<volume>36</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<issue>3</issue>
<page-range>317-23</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B10">
<label>10</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aggarwal]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Diagnosis of hepatitis E]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol]]></source>
<year>2013</year>
<volume>10</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<issue>1</issue>
<page-range>24-33</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B11">
<label>11</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Blasco-Perrin]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[H]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Abravanel]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[F]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Blasco-Baque]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[V]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Péron]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[JM]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Hepatitis E, the neglected one]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Liver Int]]></source>
<year>2016</year>
<volume>36</volume>
<numero>^sSuppl 1</numero>
<issue>^sSuppl 1</issue>
<supplement>Suppl 1</supplement>
<page-range>130-4</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B12">
<label>12</label><nlm-citation citation-type="">
<collab>Instituto Colombiano agropecuario (sede web)</collab>
<source><![CDATA[]]></source>
<year></year>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B13">
<label>13</label><nlm-citation citation-type="">
<collab>Toda Colombia</collab>
<source><![CDATA[Municipios de Antioquia división política]]></source>
<year></year>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B14">
<label>14</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Méndez Novelo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Castillo Borges]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[E]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vázquez Borges]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[E]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Briceño Pérez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[O]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Coronado Peraza]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[V]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pat Canul]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[R]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Garrido Vivas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[P]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Estimación del potencial contaminante de las granjas porcinas y avícolas del estado de Yucatán]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Ingeniería]]></source>
<year>2009</year>
<volume>13</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<issue>2</issue>
<page-range>13-21</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B15">
<label>15</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<collab>HEV Ab</collab>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Version ULTRA, Enzyme Immunoassay for the determination of total antibodies to Hepatitis E Virus in serum and plasma]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[Brochure]]></source>
<year>2015</year>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B16">
<label>16</label><nlm-citation citation-type="">
<collab>Mikrogen Diagnostic</collab>
<source><![CDATA[]]></source>
<year></year>
</nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B17">
<label>17</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Wenzel]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[JJ]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Preiss]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Schemmerer]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Huber]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[B]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jilg]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[W]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Test performance characteristics of Anti-HEV IgG assays strongly influence hepatitis E seroprevalence estimates]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[J Infect Dis]]></source>
<year>2013</year>
<volume>207</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<issue>3</issue>
<page-range>497-500</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B18">
<label>18</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Wu]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[WC]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Su]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[CW]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Yang]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[JY]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lin]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[SF]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Chen]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[JY]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Wu]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[JC]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Application of serologic assays for diagnosing acute hepatitis E in national surveillance of a nonendemic area]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[J Med Virol]]></source>
<year>2014</year>
<volume>86</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<issue>4</issue>
<page-range>720-8</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B19">
<label>19</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Al-Absi]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[ES]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Al-Sadeq]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[DW]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Younis]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[MH]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Yassine]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[HM]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Abdalla]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[OM]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mesleh]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[AG]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Performance evaluation of five commercial assays in assessing seroprevalence of HEV antibodies among blood donors]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[J Med Microbiol]]></source>
<year>2018</year>
<volume>67</volume>
<numero>9</numero>
<issue>9</issue>
<page-range>1302-9</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
<ref id="B20">
<label>20</label><nlm-citation citation-type="journal">
<person-group person-group-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Al-Sadeq]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[DW]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Majdalawieh]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[AF]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mesleh]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[AG]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Abdalla]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[OM]]></given-names>
</name>
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Nasrallah]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[GK]]></given-names>
</name>
</person-group>
<article-title xml:lang=""><![CDATA[Laboratory challenges in the diagnosis of hepatitis E virus]]></article-title>
<source><![CDATA[J Med Microbiol]]></source>
<year>2018</year>
<volume>67</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<issue>4</issue>
<page-range>466-80</page-range></nlm-citation>
</ref>
</ref-list>
</back>
</article>
