PRO/AH/EDR> Hepatitis E – Netherlands: blood donors

Hepatitis E — Worldwide/Unknown
(By: Slot E, Hogema BM, Riezebos-Brilman A, Kok TM, Molier M, Zaaijer HL.)
Summary
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In Europe, the dynamics of endemic hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection remain enigmatic. We studied the presence of silent HEV infection among Dutch blood donors. Using donations collected throughout the Netherlands in 2011 and 2012, 40 176 donations were tested for HEV RNA in 459 pools of 48 or 480 donations. Deconstruction of the reactive pools identified 13 viraemic donors. In addition, 5239 donors