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Table 1 Anti-HEV prevalences for hunters, Wetteraukreis district, Hesse in Central Germany, 2013

From: Hepatitis E virus antibody prevalence in hunters from a district in Central Germany, 2013: a cross-sectional study providing evidence for the benefit of protective gloves during disembowelling of wild boars

  

recomWell IgG assay

Axiom assay

  

Seroprevalence

95 % CI

Seroprevalence

95 % CI

Age groups

20–29

0 % (0/7)

 

14 % (1/7)

0-43*

 

30–39

0 % (0/9)

 

0 % (0/9)

 
 

40–49

16 % (4/25)

1.1–31

24 % (6/25)

7–41

 

50–59

20 % (7/35)

6.4–34

43 % (15/35)

26–60

 

60–69

19 % (7/36)

3.2–33

47 % (17/36)

31–64

 

70–79

67 % (8/12)

39–95

67 % (8/12)

39–95

 

80–89

0 % (0/2)

 

50 % (1/2)

0–100*

 

Total

21 % (26/126)

13–28

38 % (48/126)

29–47

Sex

male

20 % (24/118)

13–28

39 % (46/118)

30–48

 

female

25 % (2/8)

0–57*

25 % (2/8)

0–57*

Hunting area

East (E)

26 % (9/34)

11–42

52 % (17/34)

34–69

 

Northwest (NW)

14 % (9/65)

5–22

31 % (20/65)

19–42

 

Southwest (SW)

30 % (8/27)

12–47

41 % (11/27)

22–60