HAV IgG
Sample: Serum
Schedule: Daily
Units:
Range: HAV IgG positive result indicates past infection or immunity
Remarks: Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is transmited by fecal-oral route, with and icubation time from 2 to 7 weeks. HAV IgM antibodies develop within 1 week of symptoms onset, reaches a pick value about 2,5 months later and usually disapears 6 months after. HAV IgG antibodies indicate past infection somewhere n the past o immunity to the HAV after vaccination.