Transfusion-transmitted hepatitis E in a 'nonhyperendemic' country

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 79-83

  Boxall, E ^a,c   Herborn, A ^a   Kochethu, G ^a   Pratt, G ^a   Adams, D ^a   Ijaz, S ^b   Teo, C G ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Post donation illness'; 'Transfusion transmitted infection'; Hepatitis E

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTTRANSFUSION HEPATITIS; VIRUS HEPATITIS; AGED; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA; UNITED KINGDOM; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; BLOOD DONORS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEPATITIS E; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 33745000542     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2006.00652.x     Document Type: Article

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