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Low transfusion transmission of hepatitis E among 25,637 single-donation, nucleic acid-tested blood donors.
Transfusion - 1 Sept 2016
Harritshøj Lene H, Holm Dorte K, Saekmose Susanne G, Jensen Bitten A, Hogema Boris M, Fischer Thea K, Midgley Sofie E, Krog Jesper S, Erikstrup Christian, Ullum Henrik
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BACKGROUND: Hepatitis E virus genotype-3 (HEV-gt-3) causes autochthonous infections in western countries, with a primary reservoir in animals, especially pigs. HEV transfusion transmission has been reported, and HEV-gt-3 prevalence is high in some European countries. The prevalence of HEV RNA was investigated among Danish blood donors, and the prevalence of HEV transfusion-transmitted infection (TTI) was...
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