Review Article

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

Table 6

Summary of the anti-HHEV prevalence reported from different regions of the World.

RegionAnti-HHEV rate (%)
ChildrenAdultsOverallBlood donors

Far East0.3–212–754–443–33
South/southeast Asia0.6–500.5–679–73
Middle East0.3–762–842–68
USA/Canada0–50.4–423–211–19
Latin America0–140–3010–491–8
Western Europe0–51–271–133–53