Seroprevalence and Incidence of hepatitis E in blood donors in Upper Austria.

In recent years various studies showed, that hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a growing public health problem in many developed countries. Therefore, HEV infections might bear a transmission risk by blood transfusions. The clinical relevance still requires further investigations. The aim of this study was...

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Main Authors: Carina Fischer, Martina Hofmann, Martin Danzer, Katja Hofer, Jennifer Kaar, Christian Gabriel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4353625?pdf=render