Detection of hepatitis E virus RNA in plasma mini-pools from blood donors in England

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 272-

  Ijaz, S ^a   Szypulska, R ^a   Tettmar, K I ^a,b   Kitchen, A ^b   Tedder, R S ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E VIRUS RNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA;

ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BLOOD DONOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FRACTIONATION; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA EXTRACTION; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS LOAD;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; PLASMA;

EID: 84858171673     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2011.01554.x     Document Type: Letter

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