Journal:
:hepatitis monthly
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rahil parsa diagnostic laboratory sciences and technology research center, school of paramedical sciences, shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, ir iran; department of microbiology, islamic azad university of science and research of fars, shiraz, ir iran
setare adibzadeh diagnostic laboratory sciences and technology research center, school of paramedical sciences, shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, ir iran
abbas behzad behbahani diagnostic laboratory sciences and technology research center, school of paramedical sciences, shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, ir iran
ali farhadi diagnostic laboratory sciences and technology research center, school of paramedical sciences, shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, ir iran
ramin yaghobi shiraz transplant research center, shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, ir iran
gholam reza rafiei dehbidi diagnostic laboratory sciences and technology research center, school of paramedical sciences, shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, ir iran
conclusions the analysis indicates that the hev isolated from blood donors in the southwest of iran belongs to genotype 1. however, more samples from other geographic regions of iran are needed to confirm these findings. because transmission of hev by administration of blood or blood components is likely to occur, it may be sensible to screen donor blood for hev to eliminate transfusion-transmi...
