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High prevalence of anti-hepatitis E virus antibodies among blood donors in central Italy, February to March 2014.
Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 28 Jul 2016
Lucarelli Claudia, Spada Enea, Taliani Gloria, Chionne Paola, Madonna Elisabetta, Marcantonio Cinzia, Pezzotti Patrizio, Bruni Roberto, La Rosa Giuseppina, Pisani Giulio, Dell'Orso Luigi, Ragone Katia, Tomei Carla, Ciccaglione Anna Rita
Abstract excerpt
Prevalence of anti-hepatitis E virus (HEV) antibodies is highly variable in developed countries, which seems partly due to differences in assay sensitivity. Using validated sensitive assays, we tested 313 blood donors attending a hospital transfusion unit in central Italy in January and February 2014 for anti-HEV IgG and IgM and HEV RNA. Data on HEV exposure were collected from all donors. Overall anti-HEV IgG...
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