Open AccessPrevalence of Hepatitis E Virus in Chinese Blood Donors
Author(s) -
Qing-Shun Guo,
Qiang Yan,
Junhui Xiong,
Shengxiang Ge,
J. WaiKuo Shih,
MunHon Ng,
Jun Zhang,
Ningshao Xia
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.01466-09
Subject(s) - hepatitis e virus , viremia , virology , antibody , hepatitis e , medicine , virus , immunology , biology , genotype , biochemistry , gene
A point prevalence study of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in Chinese blood donors was conducted, and the prevalences of antibodies against HEV immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgM among Chinese blood donors were 32.60% and 0.94%, respectively. HEV viremia was 0.07%.
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