Evaluation of Assays for Antibody to Hepatitis E Virus by a Serum Panel

table 1. Characteristics of 12 Tests to Detect Antibody to HEV Evaluated by the Serum Panel

Laboratory	Test	Format	Target HEV Protein	Expression
Laboratory	Test	Format	Target HEV Protein	ORF(s)	System	HEV Strain

1	1	EIA	Recombinant	2	Insect cells	Pakistan
2	2	EIA	Recombinant	2	Insect cells	Burma
3	3	Western blot	Recombinant	2	Insect cells	Burma
4	4	Western blot	Recombinant	2, 3	E. coli	China
2	5	EIA	Recombinant	2	E. coli	Burma
5	6	EIA	Recombinant	2, 3	E. coli	Burma, Mexico
6	7	EIA	Recombinant^*	2, 3	E. coli	Burma, Mexico
7	8	EIA	Recombinant	2, 3	E. coli	Burma, Mexico
8	9	EIA	Synthetic peptides	3		Burma
3	10	EIA	Synthetic peptides	2		Burma
9	11	EIA	Synthetic peptides	3		Burma, Mexico
10	12	EIA	Synthetic peptides	2, 3		Burma, Mexico

*^ Artificial mosaic protein consisting of a series of short linear antigenic epitopes.**