Prevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) antibodies in Serbian blood donors

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1322-1327

  Petrović, Tamaš ^a   Lupulović, Diana ^a   Jiménez de Oya, Nereida ^b,c   Vojvodić, Svetlana ^d   Blázquez, Ana Belén ^b   Escribano Romero, Estela ^b   Martín Acebes, Miguel A ^b,e   Potkonjak, Aleksandar ^f   Milošević, Vesna ^g   Lazić, Sava ^a   Saiz, Juan Carlos ^b  

^a Department for Virusology Novi Sad Scientific Veterinary Institute   (Serbia)

^b INIA   (Spain)

^c Laboratory of Tumor Immunology   (Italy)

^d Blood Transfusion Institute   (Serbia)

^e CENTRO DE BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^f University Novi Sad   (Serbia)

^g INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH OF VOJVODINA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Blood donors; ELISA; Hepatitis E virus; RT PCR; Serology

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SERBIA; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; GENETICS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD DONORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SERBIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907984542     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.4369     Document Type: Article

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