太鼎生物科技/太鼎食安科技

Hepatitis
E, caused by the Hepatitis E Virus (HEV), affects humans, cows, sheep, goats
and rodents. Contaminated water or food supplies, zoonotic transmission from
pigs and wild boars, and consumption of uncooked meat have been implicated in
HEV outbreaks.

While genotypes 1 and 2 are exclusively present in humans, genotypes 3 and 4
may be found in both humans and animals. Until now, commercial ELISAs were
based on genotype 2 capsid antigen or peptides and were therefore designed
for use with human samples. Given the need for tests for veterinary
applications, IDvet has developed the first commercial multi-species indirect
ELISA, ID Screen® Hepatitis
E Indirect Multi-species using a recombinant genotype 3
capsid antigen and a multi-species conjugate. This ELISA is applicable to
multiple species, including swine, shows high performance, and is
easy-to-use.