Hepatitis E prevalence in French Polynesian blood donors.

The HEV seroprevalence in mainland France is elevated (22.4%). In contrast, anti-HEV seroprevalence appears to be lower in Oceania. However, none is available for French Polynesia. We assessed the anti-HEV IgG and IgM prevalence on samples from 300 consecutive blood donors living on Tahiti and Moore...

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Main Authors: Chloé Dimeglio, Frédéric Beau, Julien Broult, Patrice Gouy, Jacques Izopet, Stéphane Lastère, Florence Abravanel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208934