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Hepatitis E virus infection in the Irish blood donor population.
Transfusion - 1 Nov 2016
O'Riordan Joan, Boland Fiona, Williams Padraig, Donnellan Joe, Hogema Boris M, Ijaz Samreen, Murphy William G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) Genotype 3 (G3) infection is a zoonosis that may be transmitted during the acute phase by transfusion. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of HEV and seroprevalence among Irish blood donors. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Anonymized samples from 1076 donations collected in 2012 were tested for HEV immunoglobulin (Ig)G using the Wantai enzyme-linked immunosorbent...
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