Donor Blood can Have Hepatitis E: EU Screening Called for

Hepatitis E virus, known to cause liver disease, is found among one in almost 3,000 blood donors in England, said a study Monday that sparked a call for screening in Europe. Published on World Hepatitis Day, a study in The Lancet medical journal said a systematic analysis of donated blood showed that 79 out of 225,000 donations were infected with a version of the virus, genotype 3, most prevalent in developed countries. Humans can contract it from infected ...

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