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Light and Darkness: Prevalence of Hepatitis E Virus Infection among the General Population

Table 5

Results from selected studies reporting the prevalence of anti-HHEV among blood donors in the World.

CountryDonors testedAnti-HHEV rate (%)Reference

USA50001.3[45]
193919[46]
Chile13608.0[113]
Argentina21571.8[114]
Cuba11491.4[115]
Brazil9962.3[116]
France19983.2[48]
51253[39]
Portugal14732.5[117]
Spain8632.8[118]
United Kingdom50016[38]
15594.7[47]
Germany10196.8[119]
China4481633[120]
Japan126003.4[121]