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Provedor de dados: 	55	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	High prevalence of hepatitis E virus antibodies in Sao Paulo, Southeastern Brazil: analysis of a group of blood donors representative of the general population	
Autores: 	Passos-Castilho,Ana Maria; Reinaldo,Mônica Renata; Sena,Anne de; Granato,Celso F.H.	
Data: 	2017-10-01	
Ano: 	2017	
Palavras-chave: 	Hepatitis E virus; Blood donors; Seroprevalence; Brazil.	
Resumo: 	Abstract Brazil is a non-endemic country for hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection with seroprevalence from 1% to 4% in blood donors and the general population. However, data on seroprevalence of HEV in the country are still limited. This study evaluated the prevalence of past or present HEV infection in a group of blood donors representative of the general population of the city of Sao Paulo, Southeastern Brazil. Serum samples from 500 blood donors were tested from July to September 2014 by serological and molecular methods. Anti-HEV IgG antibodies were detected in 49 (9.8%) subjects and categorized age groups revealed an age-dependent increase of HEV seroprevalence. Among the anti-HEV IgG positive subjects, only 1 had anti-HEV IgM while none tested positive for HEV-RNA. The present data demonstrate a higher seroprevalence of anti-HEV IgG than previously reported in the region.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702017000500535	
Editor: 	Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases	
Relação: 	10.1016/j.bjid.2017.05.004	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases  v.21 n.5 2017	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess