Light and Darkness: Prevalence of Hepatitis E Virus Infection among the General Population

Table 2

Prevalence of anti-HHEV among the general population of South Asia and the Far East.

Country	Number of samples	Anti-HHEV rate (%)			Reference
		Children	Adults	Overall
India (north)	2070	24–29	—	—	[70]
India (Andaman)	814	13–40	16–77	15–73	[57]
India (Chennai)	185	5.3–17	—	—	[71]
India (south)	2279	0.6–8.9	9.2–36	9.1–23	[72]
Bangladesh	1134	—	23	—	[5]
Pakistan	540	14	—	—	[73]
Thailand	513	—	23	—	[74]
Malaysia	132	40–50	43–67	44–50	[75]
Indonesia	1115	—	0.5–20	—	[76]
Vietnam	646	3.0–5.0	11–19	9.0	[58]
China	8762	5.4–4.2	9.8–46	18	[59]
China (south)	3844	10–21	40–66	44	[77]
China (east)	12052	6.7–13	14–23	17	[6]
China (Fujian)	1151	—	23	—	[78]
China (Han)	7376	5.2–12	20–57	24	[79]
China (Hui)	2258	3.1–4.0	2.1–6.8	3.6
Hong Kong	934	—	19	—	[60]
	450	6.0–8.0	18–60	28	[80]
Taiwan	984	0.3	11	4.4	[81]
	997	1.5–9.6	8.8–13	6.4–8.8	[82]
	2538	3.4	—	—	[83]
Japan	1253	—	4.6–6.7	—	[84]
	22027	—	2.7–6.6	—	[85]
Korea	147	—	14–23	—	[86]