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Hepatitis E virus antibodies in blood donors, France.
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.
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  • Mansuy JM; Hôpital Purpan, Toulouse, France.
Emerg Infect Dis ; 17(12): 2309-12, 2011 Dec.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22172156
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.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Blood Donors / Hepatitis E virus / Antibodies, Viral Type of study: Etiology_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Animals / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: En Journal: Emerg Infect Dis Journal subject: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS Year: 2011 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Country of publication:
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Blood Donors / Hepatitis E virus / Antibodies, Viral Type of study: Etiology_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Animals / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: En Journal: Emerg Infect Dis Journal subject: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS Year: 2011 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Country of publication: