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.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Aged
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Blood Donors*
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Female
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France / epidemiology
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Genotype
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Geography, Medical
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Hepatitis E / epidemiology*
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Hepatitis E / transmission
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Hepatitis E / virology*
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Hepatitis E virus / classification
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Hepatitis E virus / genetics*
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Odds Ratio
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Prevalence
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RNA, Viral
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Seroepidemiologic Studies
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Viral Load