Hepatitis A: an epidemiological survey in blood donors, France 2015 to 2017.

Authors :: Gallian P
Barlet V
Mouna L
Gross S
Lecam S
Ricard C
Wind F
Pouchol E
Fabra C
Flan B
Visse C
Djoudi R
Couturier E
de Valk H
Tiberghien P
Roque-Afonso AM
Source :: Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin [Euro Surveill] 2018 May; Vol. 23 (21).
Publication Year :: 2018
Abstract: Since mid-2016, hepatitis A virus (HAV) outbreaks, involving predominantly men who have sex with men (MSM), have affected countries in Europe and overseas. In France, HAV screening of blood donations in 2017 revealed a HAV-RNA prevalence ca fivefold higher than during 2015-16 (4.42/106 vs 0.86/106; p = 0.0005). In 2017, despite a higher male-to-female ratio (5.5 vs 0.7) and the identification of MSM-associated outbreak strains, only one of 11 infected male donors self-reported being a MSM.

Subjects :: Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Blood Donors
Disease Outbreaks
Female
France epidemiology
Hepatitis A virus genetics
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Surveys and Questionnaires
Hepatitis A epidemiology
Hepatitis A virus isolation & purification
Homosexuality, Male statistics & numerical data

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1560-7917
Volume :: 23
Issue :: 21
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 29845926
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.21.1800237