Open AccessHepatitis E seroprevalence among blood donors: A pilot study from Western India
Author(s) -
Maitrey Gajjar,
Nidhi Bhatnagar,
Rajesh Sonani,
Shweta Gupta,
Tarak Patel
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
asian journal of transfusion science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.262
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1998-3565
pISSN - 0973-6247
DOI - 10.4103/0973-6247.126685
Subject(s) - seroprevalence , medicine , hepatitis e virus , hepatitis e , blood transfusion , transmission (telecommunications) , population , epidemiology , immunology , serology , antibody , environmental health , genotype , electrical engineering , biochemistry , gene , engineering , chemistry
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is emerging as a potential threat to blood safety after several cases of transmission by transfusion or transplantation have been described. Currently, blood donors in India are not screened for HEV. The studies conducted on HEV in recent times in India have focused on epidemiology and future perspectives, but there is no published study on blood donors. To address possible issues surrounding blood safety and risk of HEV transmission within the Indian blood supply, HEV seroprevalence study was conducted in blood donors at our center.