TY - JOUR AU - Mansuy, Jean-Michel AU - Bendall, Richard AU - Legrand-Abravanel, Florence AU - Sauné, Karine AU - Miédouge, Marcel AU - Ellis, Vic AU - Rech, Henri AU - Destruel, François AU - Kamar, Nassim AU - Dalton, Harry AU - Izopet, Jacques T1 - Hepatitis E Virus Antibodies in Blood Donors, France T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2011 VL - 17 IS - 12 SP - 2309 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Using a validated sensitive assay, we found hepatitis E virus (HEV) IgG in 52.5% of voluntary blood donors in southwestern France. This finding suggests HEV is highly endemic to this region. The high HEV prevalence may reflect local dietary practices, such as eating uncooked pork and game products. KW - viruses KW - zoonoses KW - foodborne infections KW - France KW - HEV KW - seroprevalence KW - blood donors KW - hepatitis E DO - 10.3201/eid1712.110371 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/12/11-0371_article ER - End of Reference