Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) and detection of HEV RNA with a transcription-mediated amplification assay in blood donors from Catalonia (Spain)

Background Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an emerging threat to the safety of blood transfusion. The aim of this study was to determine HEV immunoglobulin (Ig)G and RNA prevalence in Catalan blood donors. Study Design and Methods Nearly 10,000 samples were collected from anonymized, unpaid donors at the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Transfusion (Philadelphia, Pa.) Pa.), 2015-05, Vol.55 (5), p.972-979
Hauptverfasser:	Sauleda, Sílvia, Ong, Edgar, Bes, Marta, Janssen, Alanna, Cory, Robin, Babizki, Maria, Shin, Tim, Lindquist, Andre, Hoang, Anh, Vang, Lee, Piron, Maria, Casamitjana, Natàlia, Koppelman, Marco, Danzig, Lisa, Linnen, Jeffrey M.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Blood & organ donations Blood Donors - statistics & numerical data Confidence intervals Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Female Hepatitis Hepatitis E virus - genetics Hepatitis E virus - pathogenicity Humans Male Middle Aged Molecular Sequence Data Polymerase Chain Reaction Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction RNA, Viral - genetics Seroepidemiologic Studies Young Adult
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