Hepatitis E Virus Antibodies in Blood Donors, France

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Mansuy, Jean-Michel ; Bendall, Richard ; Legrand-Abravanel, Florence ; Sauné, Karine ; Miédouge, Marcel ; Ellis, Vic ; Rech, Henri ; Destruel, François ; Kamar, Nassim ; Dalton, Harry R. ; Izopet, Jacques
• Description:
  Using a validated sensitive assay, we found hepatitis E virus (HEV) IgG in 52.5% of voluntary blood donors in southwestern France. This finding suggests HEV is highly endemic to this region. The high HEV prevalence may reflect local dietary practices, such as eating uncooked pork and game products.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Animals Antibodies, Viral Blood Donors Child, Preschool Communicable Diseases, Emerging Dispatch Female Foodborne Infections Food Microbiology France Hepatitis E Hepatitis E Virus Hev Humans Immunoglobulin G Male Middle Aged Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Risk Factors Rna, Viral Seroepidemiologic Studies Seroprevalence Viruses Young Adult Zoonoses

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 17(12):2309-2312.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:cf65f09da87a6b234f79f1d94a47124afecbedee42f07d7469daa8d477d91a15
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/23768/cdc_23768_DS1.pdf
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