Widespread distribution of hepatitis E virus in plasma fractionation pools

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 182-183

  Baylis, S A ^a   Koc, Ö ^a   Nick, S ^a   Blumel J ^a  

^a PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS RNA;

ASIAN; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CRYOPRECIPITATION; EASTERN EUROPE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FRACTIONATION; GENOTYPE; HEAT TREATMENT; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMA; PLASMA FRACTIONATION POOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROPREVALENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN EUROPE;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PLASMA; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 84856004521     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2011.01527.x     Document Type: Letter

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