Prevalence of Acute Hepatitis E Virus Infections in Swiss Blood Donors 2018–2020

Introduction: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotype 3 is the major cause of acute viral hepatitis in several European countries. It is acquired mainly by ingesting contaminated pork, but has also been reported to be transmitted through blood transfusion. Although most HEV infections, including those via...

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Published in:	Viruses Vol. 16; no. 5; p. 744
Main Authors:	Niederhauser, Christoph, Gowland, Peter, Widmer, Nadja, Amar EL Dusouqui, Soraya, Mattle-Greminger, Maja, Gottschalk, Jochen, Frey, Beat M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Switzerland MDPI AG 01.05.2024
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Analysis Apheresis blood Blood & organ donations Blood banks Blood donors Blood Donors - statistics & numerical data Blood products Blood transfusion Blood transfusions Care and treatment Diagnosis Distribution Europe Female females Genetic screening Genomes Genotype Genotype & phenotype Genotypes genotyping Guillain-Barre syndrome Health aspects Hepatitis Hepatitis Antibodies - blood Hepatitis E - epidemiology Hepatitis E - transmission Hepatitis E - virology Hepatitis E virus Hepatitis E virus - classification Hepatitis E virus - genetics Hepatitis E virus - immunology Hepatitis E virus - isolation & purification hepatitis E virus phylogenetic analysis Humans immunity Immunoglobulin G Immunoglobulin G - blood Immunoglobulin M Immunoglobulin M - blood Infections Male Middle Aged Orthohepevirus A pork Prevalence Ribonucleic acid RNA RNA, Viral - blood RNA, Viral - genetics Seroconversion Serology subgenotype surveillance Switzerland Switzerland - epidemiology universal blood donor screening genotype viral hepatitis Viral Load Waterborne infections Young Adult zoonotic infection Switzerland France United Kingdom Germany United Kingdom > UK Ireland Europe Japan Spain blood donors hepatitis E virus phylogenetic analysis surveillance universal blood donor screening genotype zoonotic infection Switzerland
ISSN:	1999-4915, 1999-4915
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