Hepatitis E virus antibodies in blood donors, France

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2309-2312

  Mansuy, Jean Michel ^a   Bendall, Richard ^b   Legrand Abravanel, Florence ^a,c   Sauné, Karine ^a,c,d   Miédouge, Marcel ^a   Ellis, Vic ^b   Rech, Henri ^e   Destruel, François ^e   Kamar, Nassim ^c,d,g   Dalton, Harry R ^b,f   Izopet, Jacques ^a,c,d  

^a CHU PURPAN   (France)

^b ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^e ETABLISSEMENT FRANÇAIS DU SANG   (France)

^f PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^g CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84930476411     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1712.110371     Document Type: Article

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