Prevalence and 9-year incidence of hepatitis E virus infection among North Italian blood donors: Estimated transfusion risk

J Viral Hepat. 2020 Aug;27(8):858-861. doi: 10.1111/jvh.13296. Epub 2020 Apr 8.

Authors

Marta Spreafico¹, Livia Raffaele¹, Irene Guarnori¹, Barbara Foglieni¹, Alessandra Berzuini², Luca Valenti^{2

3}, Alessandro Gerosa¹, Agostino Colli⁴, Daniele Prati²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Transfusion Medicine and Hematology, Alessandro Manzoni Hospital, ASST-Lecco, Lecco, Italy.
² Department of Transfusion Medicine and Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
³ Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Alessandro Manzoni Hospital, ASST-Lecco, Lecco, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: hepatitis E virus; incidence; prevalence; transfusion transmission.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Blood Donors*
Hepatitis E / epidemiology*
Hepatitis E virus / isolation & purification
Humans
Incidence
Italy
Prevalence