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Why all blood donations should be tested for hepatitis E virus (HEV)

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis E is a liver disease caused by a small RNA virus known as hepatitis E virus (HEV). Four major genotypes infect humans, of which genotype 1 and 2 (HEV-1, HEV-2) are endemic mainly in Asia and responsible for waterborne epidemics. HEV-3 and HEV-4 are widely distributed in pigs an...

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Autores principales: Denner, Joachim, Pischke, Sven, Steinmann, Eike, Blümel, Johannes, Glebe, Dieter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6585104/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31221098
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4190-1