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Hepatitis E Virus More Common Than Thought in U.S.

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, June 3rd, 1996

Hepatitis E virus infection may be more prevalent than previously thought in the United States, and blood transfusion may be a significant risk factor for infection, according to a study from Rochester, Minnesota's Mayo Clinic.

The study was presented at the 96th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, held May 19-23, 1996 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is responsible for most cases of enterically transmitted non-A hepatitis, and domestic cases are believed to result primarily from foreign travel to endemic areas.

In this study V.W. Halling and colleagues sought to determine HEV seroprevalence...

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