Hepatitis E found in donor blood; call for EU screening

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Hepatitis E found in donor blood; call for EU screening

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/hepatitis-e-found-donor-blood-call-eu-screening-232345217.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pRL7AD2GOZO.X8PTDONeHQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/b05e19f89a36383576155625104e46b9a0db555b.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A blood bag and test tubes are pictured on July 6, 2012 at the blood collection center of the French Institution for Blood in Paris" align="left" title="A blood bag and test tubes are pictured on July 6, 2012 at the blood collection center of the French Institution for Blood in Paris" border="0" /></a>One in almost 3,000 blood donors in England carry the hepatitis E virus (HEV) which can cause liver disease, 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. One developed mild clinical hepatitis. &quot;HEV genotype 3 infections are widespread in the English population, including blood donors,&quot; said principal investigator Richard Tedder from the Blood Borne Virus Unit at Public Health England.</p><br clear="all"/>

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