Hepatitis E Virus Antibodies in Blood Donors, France

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.

• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Emerging Infectious Diseases

• Publication date

  2011-12-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.3201/eid1712.110371PMID 22172156PMCID 3311200
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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