Declining prevalence of hepatitis e antibodies among Danish blood donors

Transfusion

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1662-1667

  Holm, Dorte K ^a   Moessner, Belinda K ^a   Engle, Ronald E ^b   Zaaijer, Hans L ^c   Georgsen, Jørgen ^a   Purcell, Robert H ^b   Christensen, Peer B ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PREVALENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD DONORS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84937022802     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.13028     Document Type: Article

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