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Hepatitis E virus infections in blood donors, France.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2014
Gallian Pierre, Lhomme Sébastien, Piquet Yves, Sauné Karine, Abravanel Florence, Assal Azzedine, Tiberghien Pierre, Izopet Jacques
Abstract excerpt
We screened plasma samples (minipools of 96 samples, corresponding to 53,234 blood donations) from France that had been processed with solvent-detergent for hepatitis E virus RNA. The detection rate was 1 HEV-positive sample/2,218 blood donations. Most samples (22/24) from viremic donors were negative for IgG and IgM against HEV.
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