Description
Anti HEV – IgM (Quantitative)
Description
- Hepatitis E is a liver disease caused by infection with a virus known as the hepatitis E virus (HEV). Anti HEV – IgM test is used for the diagnosis of acute or recent HEV infection.
- Anti HEV IgM antibodies appear early in the course of illness and persist at high levels for 8 weeks and rapidly decline after that. This test helps in screening recent infection.
