Pubblicazione scientifica

Hepatitis E prevalence in French Polynesian blood donors

FILONE TECNOLOGICO	TEMA
produzione e cattura

RIASSUNTO

The HEV seroprevalence in mainland France is elevated (22.4%). In contrast, anti-HEV seroprevalence appears to be lower in Oceania. However, none is available for French Polynesia. We assessed the anti-HEV IgG and IgM prevalence on samples from 300 consecutive blood donors living on Tahiti and Moorea islands. Epidemiological information was collected using a specific questionnaire. Overall IgM seroprevalence was 0.6% and overall IgG seroprevalence was 7.7%. The presence of anti-HEV IgG was associated with increasing age (p = 0.01), eating chicken offal (p = 0.01) and cooked rabbit (p = 0.02). Conversely, eating fafaru—traditional Polynesian condiment—was associated with a lower rate of anti-HEV IgG (p<0.01).). All donors who surfed or practiced va’a (traditional outrigger canoë) were HEV seronegative. The Polynesian lifestyle and the particular food consumption patterns—especially the very well cooked pork—may be the key to understand the low HEV seroprevalence in French Polynesia.

DATA

Data di pubblicazione: 07/12/2018

AUTORI

DIMEGLIO CHLOE
BEAU FREDERIC
BROULT JULIEN
GOUY PATRICE
IZOPET JACQUES
LASTERE STEPHANE
ABRAVANEL FLORENCE

ENTE DI AFFERENZA

CHU Toulouse Hôpital Purpan Laboratoire de virologie Centre national de référence du virus de l’hépatite E Toulouse France
CTR HOSPITALIER DE POLYNESIE FRANCAISE CTR TRANSFUSION SANGUINE PIRAE POLYNESIE FRANCAISE
INSERM UMR 1043 CNRS UMR 5282 CTR PHYSIOPATHOLOGIE DE TOULOUSE PURPAN CPTP TOULOUSE FRANCE
CTR HOSPITALIER DE POLYNESIE FRANCAISE LAB DE BIOLOGIE MEDICALE PIRAE POLYNESIE FRANCAISE
UNIV CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA

RIVISTA

PLoS ONE, 13(12), e0208934

IMPACT FACTOR

2,870

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