The association of elevated alanine aminotransferase levels with hepatitis E virus infections among blood donors in China

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• 作者：Meiyu Wang ; Miao He ; Binting Wu ; Ling Ke ; Tingting Han ; Jingxing Wang ; Hua Shan ; Paul Ness ; Nan Guo ; Yu Liu and Kenrad E. Nelson
• 刊名：Transfusion
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：57
• 期：2
• 页码：273-279
• 全文大小：91K
• ISSN：1537-2995

文摘

Transfusion transmission of hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an emerging health risk, yet blood donors are rarely screened for this pathogen. Many blood centers instituted screening of blood donors for elevated levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels to prevent hepatitis C virus, which has continued in China. We evaluated whether elevated ALT levels were associated with HEV among blood donors in China.