Immunological Modulation of HAV and HEV Positive Children | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Medical Microbiology | ||
| Volume 28, Issue 4, October 2019, Pages 165-170 PDF (363.97 K) | ||
| Document Type: New and original researches in the field of Microbiology. | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejmm.2019.283499 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Omnia G. Megahed1; Ahmed S. Ahmed2; Michael N. Agban2; Amany M. Adawi2; Naglaa H. Ibrahim3; Mohamed M. Amin* 4 | ||
| 1Children’s Hospital, Assiut University | ||
| 2Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University | ||
| 3Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University | ||
| 4Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Aswan University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: hepatitis E virus (HEV) and hepatitis A virus (HAV) are acute hepatitis that infects mainly children. They are feco-orally transmitted disease. Objectives: detection of the prevalence of HAV and HEV in children with acute hepatitis and their correlation with the immune response. Methodology: 151 hepatic children from Children’s Hospital in Assiut were enrolled in our study. Anti-HEV IgM, anti-HAV IgM, liver function tests and the immune response using Flow Cytometry measuring CD4+CD25+Foxp3 and intracellular IL-10 were measured. Results: in anti HAV-IgM patients, 66.36 % were males and 33.64 % were females, 42.72 % were urban and 57.28 % were rural, while in HEV-IgM positive patients 57.14 % were males and 42.86 % were females. 42.86 % were urban and 57.14 % were rural, the level of CD4+CD25+Foxp3 was statistically significant (P=0.027), and IL-10 was statistically significant (P=0.007). Conclusion: there was a significant correlation between the presence of the viruses and the immune response. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Hepatitis E virus; Hepatitis A virus; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay | ||
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