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ArticleMicroorganisms2023

Epidemiology of HEV Infection in Blood Donors in Southern Switzerland.

Stefano Fontana, Paolo Ripellino, Christoph Niederhauser, Nadja Widmer, Peter Gowland, Orlando Petrini, Manuela Aprile, Giorgio Merlani, Florian Bihl

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Article in Microorganisms, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Stefano FontanaServizio Trasfusionale CRS della Svizzera Italiana, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland.
Paolo RipellinoDepartment of Neurology, Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland EOC, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-8662-9656
Christoph NiederhauserInterregional Blood Transfusion SRC, 3008 Berne, Switzerland.
Nadja WidmerInterregional Blood Transfusion SRC, 3008 Berne, Switzerland.
Peter GowlandInterregional Blood Transfusion SRC, 3008 Berne, Switzerland.
Orlando PetriniInstitute of Microbiology, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Manuela AprileServizio Trasfusionale CRS della Svizzera Italiana, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland.
Giorgio MerlaniChief Medical Officer Office, Division of Public Health, Department for Health and Social Affairs, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Florian BihlEpatocentro Ticino, Via Soldino 5, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland.
Swiss Red Cross · CHUniversità della Svizzera italiana · CHLaboratory for Biomedical Neurosciences · CHUniversity Hospital of Geneva · CHUniversity of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland · CHUniversity of Bern · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

From 2014 to 2016, the number of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infections in southern Switzerland increased dramatically and suggested food as a potential infection reservoir. We evaluated the effects of food control measures introduced to limit HEV infections, assessing anti-HEV IgG and IgM rates in blood donors before and after the implementation of food control measures in 2017. From 2012 to 2013, we screened 1283, and from 2017 to 2019, we screened 1447 donors for IgG and IgM antibodies. No statistically significant differences were detected for IgG (32.8% from 2012 to 2013 vs. 31.1% from 2017 to 2019,

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blood donorshepatitis ENAT testingseroprevalencetransfusion safety

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PMID37894033
PMCPMC10609445
OpenAlexW4386996035

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