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Volume 28, Number 1—January 2022
Dispatch

Transfusion-Transmitted Hepatitis A Virus, France, 2018

Caroline LefeuvreComments to Author , Caroline Lefort, Françoise Boyer, Sophie Le Cam, Lina Mouna, Anne-Marie Roque-Afonso, Hélène Le Guillou-Guillemette, and Rafaël Mahieu
Author affiliations: Angers University Hospital, Angers, France (C. Lefeuvre, F. Boyer, H. Le Guillou-Guillemette, R. Mahieu); University of Angers, Angers (C. Lefeuvre, H. Le Guillou-Guillemette, R. Mahieu); Etablissement Français du Sang Centre-Pays de la Loire, Angers (C. Lefort, S. Le Cam); University of Paris–Saclay, Villejuif, France (L. Mouna, A.-M. Roque-Afonso); French National Reference Center for Hepatitis A Virus, Villejuif (L. Mouna, A.-M. Roque-Afonso)

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Timeline of events in blood donor and recipient in case of transfusion-transmitted HAV, France, 2018. The donor interview did not reveal any relevant HAV risk factors, including travel, food consumption, personal entourage cases, or unsafe sex practices. The donor was not vaccinated against HAV at the time of donation. The recipient was not vaccinated against HAV at the time of the transfusion; moreover, the recipient has not been vaccinated in postexposure after notification of fresh frozen plasma HAV positivity. The recipient interview reported no other risk factors for HAV, including travel, food consumption, personal entourage cases, and unsafe sex practices, with the exception of recent transfusion. HAV, hepatitis A virus.

Figure 1. Timeline of events in blood donor and recipient in case of transfusion-transmitted HAV, France, 2018. The donor interview did not reveal any relevant HAV risk factors, including travel, food consumption, personal entourage cases, or unsafe sex practices. The donor was not vaccinated against HAV at the time of donation. The recipient was not vaccinated against HAV at the time of the transfusion; moreover, the recipient has not been vaccinated in postexposure after notification of fresh frozen plasma HAV positivity. The recipient interview reported no other risk factors for HAV, including travel, food consumption, personal entourage cases, and unsafe sex practices, with the exception of recent transfusion. HAV, hepatitis A virus.

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