Development of a blocking ELISA for detection of antibodies against avian hepatitis E virus.

Highlights: [•] We develop a bELISA for detection of antibodies against avian hepatitis E virus. [•] Cut-off value of bELISA is 20.7%. [•] The bELISA had a sensitivity of 98.3%. [•] The compliance rates of the bELISA with iELISA and Western blot were 83.7% and 93.3%, respectively. [•] The bELISA shows high reproducibility compared with iELISA and Western blot. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]