Novel approach for detection of hepatitis E virus infection in German blood donors

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2708-2713

  Vollmer, Tanja ^a   Diekmann, Juergen ^a   Johne, Reimar ^b   Eberhardt, Matthias ^c   Knabbe, Cornelius ^a   Dreier, Jens ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^c TMD Gesellschaft fur transfusionsmedizinische Dienste mbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAFETY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERMAN; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROPREVALENCE; SWINE; VIRUS DETECTION; WILD BOAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOOD; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PREVALENCE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84864410342     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01119-12     Document Type: Article

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