Hepatitis E virus prevalence among blood donors in Dali, China

Abstract Background Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a nonenveloped RNA virus causing hepatitis E worldwide. The increase in transfusion-transmitted cases of HEV infections from asymptomatic blood donors causing serious illnesses among immunosuppressed recipients has been reported in the past few years. C...

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Main Authors: Ping Fu, Baochai Lin, Bingting Wu, Ling Ke, Tianfu Yang, Yue’e Du, Lishan Cheng, Zhou Li, Tiancheng Li, Yu Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-07-01
Series:Virology Journal
Subjects:
HEV
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-021-01607-y