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Prevalence of hepatitis E virus viremia and antibodies among healthy blood donors in India.
Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology - 1 Jul 2018
Katiyar Harshita, Goel Amit, Sonker Atul, Yadav Vishwajeet, Sapun Sadul, Chaudhary Rajendra, Aggarwal Rakesh
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BACKGROUND: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is transmitted primarily through contaminated water and food. Recently, HEV viremia in blood donors and transfusion-related transmission of HEV have been reported, leading to calls to screen donated blood for this virus. However, these data are from regions where genotype 3 HEV is predominant. In India, where human infections are caused only by genotype 1 HEV, the frequency of...
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