Hepatitis A Virus Incidence Rates and Biomarker Dynamics for Plasma Donors, United States
Stephanie Schoch, Martin Wälti, Mathias Schemmerer, Rick Alexander, Björn Keiner, Carol Kralicek, Keith Bycholski, Kelley Hyatt, Jon Knowles, Denis Klochkov
, Toby Simon, Jürgen J. Wenzel, Nathan J. Roth, and Eleonora Widmer
Author affiliations: CSL Behring AG, Bern, Switzerland (S. Schoch, M. Wälti, D. Klochkov, N.J. Roth, E. Widmer); University Medical Center Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (M. Schemmerer, J.J. Wenzel); CSL Plasma, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA (R. Alexander); CSL Behring GmbH, Marburg, Germany (B. Keiner); CSL Plasma, Boca Raton, Florida, USA (K. Bycholski, K. Hyatt, J. Knowles, T. Simon); CSL Plasma, Dallas, Texas, USA (C. Kralicek)
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Figure 2. Geographic distribution of hepatitis A virus–positive plasma donors, United States, 2016‒2020. Cumulative case counts are indicated: A) 2016; B) 2016–2017; C) 2016–2018; D) 2016–2019; E) 2016–2020. These counts reflect how hepatitis A outbreaks in the United States have spread and spilled over into the plasma donor population over time. No color indicates states for which no data are available (no plasma collection). Maps were created by using an Adobe Stock template (https://stock.adobe.com).
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