TY - JOUR AU - Lefeuvre, Caroline AU - Lefort, Caroline AU - Boyer, Françoise AU - Le Cam, Sophie AU - Mouna, Lina AU - Roque-Afonso, Anne-Marie AU - Le Guillou-Guillemette, Hélène AU - Mahieu, Rafaël T1 - Transfusion-Transmitted Hepatitis A Virus, France, 2018 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2022 VL - 28 IS - 1 SP - 219 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We report a transfusion-transmitted hepatitis A virus infection in an immunocompromised patient in France, detected shortly after a transfusion of pathogen-reduced pooled platelets. This case raises questions about the efficacy of donor screening methods. Additional safety measures, such as routine donation screening, should be considered. KW - hepatitis A KW - viruses KW - blood donor KW - blood transfusion KW - hemovigilance KW - screening KW - pathogen inactivation KW - France KW - hepatitis A virus KW - Suggested citation for this article: Lefeuvre C KW - Lefort C KW - Boyer F KW - Le Cam S KW - Mouna L KW - Roque-Afonso A-M KW - et al. Transfusion-transmitted hepatitis A virus KW - 2018. Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 Jan [date cited]. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2801.210403 DO - 10.3201/eid2801.210403 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/1/21-0403_article ER - End of Reference