Volume 17, Number 12—December 2011
Dispatch
Hepatitis E Virus Antibodies in Blood Donors, France
Jean-Michel Mansuy, Richard Bendall, Florence Legrand-Abravanel, Karine Sauné, Marcel Miédouge, Vic Ellis, Henri Rech, François Destruel, Nassim Kamar, Harry R. Dalton, and Jacques Izopet
Table 2
Detection and quantification by real-time PCR of HEV RNA in pig-liver sausages purchased from markets in the Midi-Pyrénées region, France, 2003–2004*
| Sample | Market | HEV RNA | HEV RNA concentration† | Genotype |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A1 | Negative | ||
| 2 | A2 | Negative | ||
| 3 | A3 | Negative | ||
| 4 | A4 | Positive | 4,100 | NA |
| 5 | A5 | Positive | 175 | NA |
| 6 | A6 | Positive | 240 | NA |
| 7 | A7 | Negative | ||
| 8 | B | Positive | 100 | NA |
| 9 | C | Negative | ||
| 10 | D | Positive | 8,200 | NA |
| 11 | E | Negative | ||
| 12 | F | Positive | 668,520 | 3 |
| 13 | G | Negative | ||
| 14 | H | Negative | ||
| 15 | I | Positive | 120 | NA |
| 16 | J | Negative | ||
| 17 | K | Negative | ||
| 18 | L | Positive | 48,550 | NA |
*A1–A7 indicate different shops in the same market. HEV, hepatitis E virus; NA, no PCR amplification with primers used for genotyping.
†Copies/g.
