NAT HEV Assay - Reported Case of Transfusion Transmission of HEV Infection

Reported Case of Transfusion Transmission of HEV Infection

A 7-year-old boy in France was on chemotherapy for kidney cancer and received 22 transfusions of concentrated erythrocytes or platelets and was diagnosed with HEV infection. Serum samples from 12 units of blood products were tested. One sample from an asymptomatic donor with no history of recent travel abroad was positive for HEV RNA. HEV nucleotide sequences from the donor and recipient were identical and determined to be genotype 3f.6