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Since mid-2016, hepatitis A virus (HAV) outbreaks, involving predominantly men who have sex with men (MSM), have affected countries in Europe and overseas. In France, HAV screening of blood donations in 2017 revealed a HAV-RNA prevalence ca fivefold higher than during 2015–16 (4.42/106 vs 0.86/106; p = 0.0005). In 2017, despite a higher male-to-female ratio (5.5 vs 0.7) and the identification of MSM-associated outbreak strains, only one of 11 infected male donors self-reported being a MSM.

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Hepatitis A: an epidemiological survey in blood donors, France 2015 to 2017
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Pierre+Gallian&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Gallian Pierre</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Val%C3%A9rie+Barlet&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Barlet Valérie</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Lina+Mouna&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Mouna Lina</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Sylvie+Gross&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Gross Sylvie</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Sophie+Lecam&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Lecam Sophie</a>, <a href="/search?value1=C%C3%A9line+Ricard&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Ricard Céline</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Fran%C3%A7oise+Wind&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Wind Françoise</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Elodie+Pouchol&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Pouchol Elodie</a>, <a href="/search?value1=C%C3%A9cile+Fabra&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Fabra Cécile</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Benoit+Flan&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Flan Benoit</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Catherine+Visse&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Visse Catherine</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Rachid+Djoudi&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Djoudi Rachid</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Elisabeth+Couturier&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Couturier Elisabeth</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Henriette+de+Valk&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">de Valk Henriette</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Pierre+Tiberghien&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Tiberghien Pierre</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Anne-Marie+Roque-Afonso&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Roque-Afonso Anne-Marie</a></span>. Hepatitis A: an epidemiological survey in blood donors, France 2015 to 2017. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2018;23(21):pii=1800237. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.21.1800237" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.21.1800237</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 03 May 2018;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 24 May 2018 </span> </p>
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