2012
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01119-12
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Novel Approach for Detection of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in German Blood Donors

Abstract: The risk of transfusion-transmitted hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections by contaminated blood products remains unknown. In the present study, we evaluated and compared different nucleic acid amplification technique (NAT) methods for the detection of HEV in blood components. Minipools of a total of 16,125 individual blood donors were screened for the presence of HEV RNA using the highly sensitive RealStar HEV RT-PCR kit, revealing a minimum detection limit of 4.66 IU/ml. Thirteen donors were HEV RNA positive (0.… Show more

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“…Figures obtained from mini-pools can vary throughout Europe: from 1:1,240 in Germany [29] to 1:7,986 in Sweden [30]. Even if the blood donor population is small, analysis of our data suggests that the incidence of silent hepatitis E among blood donors from the two south of France regions can reach or even exceed that described in Germany by Vollmer [29]. A 1:1,240 incidence adjusted to the 184,000 annual blood donations in the two regions could lead to 148 RNA-positive donations per year.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Figures obtained from mini-pools can vary throughout Europe: from 1:1,240 in Germany [29] to 1:7,986 in Sweden [30]. Even if the blood donor population is small, analysis of our data suggests that the incidence of silent hepatitis E among blood donors from the two south of France regions can reach or even exceed that described in Germany by Vollmer [29]. A 1:1,240 incidence adjusted to the 184,000 annual blood donations in the two regions could lead to 148 RNA-positive donations per year.…”
Section: Figurementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Plasmaspenden in Deutschland mit der PCR HEV-Genomäquivalente (genome equivalents, ge) nachweisbar sind [171,176]. Untersuchungen von Plasmaspenden im Vereinigten Königreich und in Schweden ergaben vergleichbare Ergebnisse [176,178].…”
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“…Nachdem die Antikörpernachweis-systeme weiter entwickelt worden waren, wurden in neueren Studien Antikörper-prävalenzen von 5,9, 6,8 bzw. 15,5 % ermittelt [170][171][172]. Berücksichtigt man, dass unterschiedliche Antikörpernachweissys-teme eingesetzt wurden, so stimmen die HEV-Antikörperprävalenzen in der Allgemeinbevölkerung und in den Blutspendern weitgehend überein [173].…”
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