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SEN virus infection and its relationship to transfusion-associated hepatitis.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 May 2001
Umemura T, Yeo A E, Sottini A, Moratto D, Tanaka Y, Wang R Y, Shih J W, Donahue P, Primi D, Alter H J
Abstract excerpt
SEN virus (SEN-V) is a recently identified single-stranded, circular DNA virus. Two SEN-V variants (SENV-D and SENV-H) were assayed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to investigate their role in the causation of transfusion-associated non-A to E hepatitis. The incidence of SEN-V infection after transfusion was 30% (86 of 286) compared with 3% (3 of 97) among nontransfused controls (P < .001). Transfusion risk...
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