Countries Population Seroprevalence % Assay Reference
Albania CLD 36.6 Abbott HEV EIA [120]
Austria C-S 14.3 ELISA, Fortress Diagnostics [92]
Belgium PT 14 Elisa Biorex, Antrim [91]
Czech republic AH 5
27.8
Not done
Abbott HEV EIA
[101]
[102]
Denmark BD
Swine W
20.6
50.4
House assay [89]
England BD 16-25 Genelabs [87]
Finland PT 11.3 Genelabs [76]
France BD   AH
FW
52
16.6
3.2
10.7
31.2
Wantai
Genelabs
Genelabs
Abbott HEV EIA
MP Biomedicals
[84]
[105]
[108]
[106]
[107]
Germany AD
BD FW
16.8
6.8
11
18
Mikrogen
Mikrogen
Mikrogen
Mikrogen
[93]
[94]
[95]
[95]
Greece R 4.85 Abbott GmbH Diagnostika [119]
Hungary AH 9.6 HEV Ab, Dia.Pro [100]
Italy AH I
IM
IM
20.6
6
3.9
19.7
15.3
Genelabs
HEV Ab Dia.Pro,
HEV Ab Dia.Pro
HEV Ab Dia.Pro
Abbott HEV EIA
[121]
[124]
[122]
[122]
[123]
Moldova Swine W 51.1 House assay [98]
Netherlands PV
NPV
BD
11
6
26.7
Abbott HEV EIA
Abbott HEV EIA
Wantai
[103]
[103]
[104]
Poland ST 26.7 HEV Ab Dia. Pro [83]
Portugal BD 4 Abbott HEV EIA [125]
Romania ST
HW
12.5
14
Mikrogen [97]
Russia CH 18.2 House assay [99]
Scotland BD 4.7 Wantai [88]
Serbia BD 15 House assay [111]
Spain BD PT
I
1.08
3.9
11.4
5.5
Diagnostic Bioprobes S.r.l.
Abbott HEV EIA
Mikrogen
Abbott HEV EIA
[82]
[109]
[110]
[109]
Sweden BD
Swine W
9.3
13
Abbott GmbH Diagnostika [86]
Switzerland BD 4.9 Genelabs [96]
Turkey PW CH AW 12.6
7
2.1
8.5
34.8
Virotech
Globe Diagnostics
HEV Ab Dia.Pro
Not done
Biyoser S.r.l.
[114]
[115]
[116]
[117]
[118]
General population:
BD: Blood Donors; HW: Health Workers; AD: Adult Population; C-S: Civilians and Soldiers; IM: Immigrants; PW: Pregnant Women; CH: Children; ST: Student; R: Refugees; I: Italian People.
Risk groups:
AH: Acute Hepatitis; PV: Pig Veterinarians; NPV: Non-Pig Veterinarians; CLD: Chronic Liver Disease; PT: Patients; Swine W: Professional in animal care workers, FW: Forestry Workers; AW: Agricultural Workers. The risk groups are indicated in italics
Table 1: Hepatitis E seroprevalence in different population in Europe.
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