title: Outbreak of hepatitis E virus infection in Darfur, Sudan: effectiveness of real-time reverse transcription-PCR analysis of dried blood spots.
abstract: Biological samples collected in refugee camps during an outbreak of hepatitis E were used to compare the accuracy of hepatitis E virus RNA amplification by real-time reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) for sera and dried blood spots (concordance of 90.6%). Biological profiles (RT-PCR and serology) of asymptomatic individuals were also analyzed.
authors.affiliation: National Reference Laboratory for Hepatitis E, Hospital Val-de-Grâce, Paris, France. merens-a@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mérens
authors.forename: Philippe Jean
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Guérin
authors.forename: Jean-Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Guthmann
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nicand