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Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Voluntary Blood Donors in the Russian Federation.
Viruses - 28 Mar 2024
Potemkin Ilya A, Kyuregyan Karen K, Karlsen Anastasia A, Isaeva Olga V, Kichatova Vera S, Lopatukhina Maria A, Asadi Mobarkhan Fedor A, Zlobina Anna G, Zheltobriukh Andrey V, Bocharova Ksenia A, Belyakova Vera V, Rassolova Svetlana V, Ivanova Nadezhda V, Solonin Sergey A, Bazhenov Alexey I, Godkov Mikhail A, Mikhailov Mikhail I
Abstract excerpt
Transfusion-transmitted hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is an increasing concern in many countries. We investigated the detection rate of HEV viremia in blood donors in Russia. A total of 20,405 regular repetitive voluntary non-renumerated blood donors from two regions (Moscow and Belgorod) were screened for HEV RNA using the cobas® HEV test in mini-pools of six plasma samples. Samples from each reactive pool...
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