Hepatitis E virus infections in blood donors, France.

ABSTRACT: We screened plasma samples (minipools of 96 samples, corresponding to 53,234 blood donations) from France that had been processed with solvent-detergent for hepatitis E virus RNA. The detection rate was 1 HEV-positive sample/2,218 blood donations. Most samples (22/24) from viremic donors were negative for IgG and IgM against HEV.

SUBMITTER: Gallian P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4214305 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature