Hepatitis E virus in Scottish blood donors

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 283-289

  Cleland, A ^a   Smith, L ^a   Crossan, C ^b   Blatchford, O ^c   Dalton, H R ^d   Scobie, L ^b   Petrik, J ^a,e  

^a SCOTTISH NATIONAL BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood donors; HEV; NAT testing; Serological testing

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BLOOD DONORS; HEV; NAT TESTING; SEROLOGICAL TESTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL; SCOTLAND; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885480547     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/vox.12056     Document Type: Article

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