Epidemiology of HEV Infection in Blood Donors in Southern Switzerland

From 2014 to 2016, the number of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections in southern Switzerland increased dramatically and suggested food as a potential infection reservoir. We evaluated the effects of food control measures introduced to limit HEV infections, assessing anti-HEV IgG and IgM rates in bloo...

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Published in:	Microorganisms (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 10; p. 2375
Main Authors:	Fontana, Stefano, Ripellino, Paolo, Niederhauser, Christoph, Widmer, Nadja, Gowland, Peter, Petrini, Orlando, Aprile, Manuela, Merlani, Giorgio, Bihl, Florian
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Basel MDPI AG 22.09.2023 MDPI
Subjects:	Antibodies Asymptomatic Blood Blood & organ donations Blood donors Blood-borne diseases Epidemics Epidemiology Food food availability Food chains Food products food safety Food supply Health aspects Hepatitis Hepatitis E Hogs Immunoglobulin G Immunoglobulin M Infections Infectious diseases Liver diseases NAT testing Nucleic acids Orthohepevirus A Population Pork Product testing provenance risk Risk factors Rural areas Serology seroprevalence Statistical analysis Statistics Supply chains Switzerland transfusion safety Urban areas Germany Switzerland
ISSN:	2076-2607, 2076-2607
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