Low Transmission Rate of Hepatitis E Virus by Transfusion of Hepatitis E Virus RNA-Positive Blood Products
Only a minority of HEV RNA-positive blood products caused a TT-HEV infection. With the limitation of the low number of investigated cases, even in blood products, which were contaminated with extremely high HEV RNA concentrations, there was no evidence for TT-HEV infection. Blood donor screening for HEV RNA by pooled samples should be favored over single-sample testing.
Authors
- Tanja Vollmer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7032-5423)
- David Juhl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9678-9477)
- Jan Rupp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8722-1233)
- Holger Hennig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4272-2445)
- Ricarda Plümers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2265-9415)
- Siegfried Görg
- Nele Maxi Sommer-Strunck
- Petra Glessing
Institutions
- Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia (DE)
- University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (DE)
- University of Lübeck (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy
- Published
- 2025-10-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000548743
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.32