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Molecular and serological infection marker screening in blood donors indicates high endemicity of hepatitis E virus in Poland.
Transfusion - 1 May 2018
Grabarczyk Piotr, Sulkowska Ewa, Gdowska Jolanta, Kopacz Aneta, Liszewski Grzegorz, Kubicka-Russel Dorota, Baylis Sally A, Corman Victor M, Noceń Ewa, Piotrowski Dariusz, Antoniewicz-Papis Jolanta, Łętowska Magdalena
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BACKGROUND: Until now, markers of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection have not been studied in blood donors throughout Poland, and no acute case of HEV infection has been closely documented or confirmed by HEV RNA detection. The prevalence of HEV infection markers, including HEV RNA in Polish blood donors and virus genotypes was investigated. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: In total, 12,664 individual donations from 22...
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