Hepatitis E virus (HEV) in Scotland: evidence of recent increase in viral circulation in humans

• Published in: Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles Vol. 23; no. 12; p. 10
• Main Authors: Thom, Katrina, Gilhooly, Pamela, McGowan, Karen, Malloy, Kristen, Jarvis, Lisa M, Crossan, Claire, Scobie, Linda, Blatchford, Oliver, Smith-Palmer, Alison, Donnelly, Mhairi C, Davidson, Janice S, Johannessen, Ingolfur, Simpson, Kenneth J, Dalton, Harry R, Petrik, Juraj
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sweden Centre Europeen pour la Surveillance Epidemiologique du SIDA (European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS) 22.03.2018; European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
• Subjects: Epidemiology; Hepatitis; Medical screening; Public health; Transplants & implants; Scotland; seroprevalence; blood donors; epidemiology; incidence; zoonosis; Hepatitis E virus (HEV)

BackgroundPrevious studies showed low levels of circulating hepatitis E virus (HEV) in Scotland. We aimed to reassess current Scottish HEV epidemiology. Blood donor samples from five Scottish blood centres, the minipools for routine HEV screening and liver transplant recipients were tested for HEV a...