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Hepatitis E viral loads in plasma pools for fractionation.
Transfusion - 1 Oct 2016
Baylis Sally A, Corman Victor M, Ong Edgar, Linnen Jeffrey M, Nübling C Micha, Blümel Johannes
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: It is now recognized that blood donors may be silently infected with hepatitis E virus (HEV) and that plasma pools used in the manufacture of plasma-derived medicinal products may also contain detectable virus RNA. The occurrence of HEV-infected blood and plasma donors can vary considerably depending on local epidemiology. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Manufacturing plasma pools from North America,...
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