HAV prevalence

Prevalence of hepatitis A viral RNA and antibodies among Chinese blood donors

P. Sun, Su, N., Lin, F. Z., Ma, L., Wang, H. J., Rong, X., Dai, Y. D., Li, J., Jian, Z. W., Tang, L. H., Xiao, W., and Li, C. Q., Prevalence of hepatitis A viral RNA and antibodies among Chinese blood donors, vol. 14, pp. 16431-16437, 2015.

Like other developing countries, China was reported to have a relatively high seroprevalence of anti-hepatitis A antibodies (anti-HAV). However, no studies have evaluated the prevalence of anti-HAV and HAV RNA among voluntary blood donors with or without elevated serum alanine transaminase (ALT) levels. Anti-HAV antibodies were detected using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction was carried out for detection of HAV RNA.

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