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To trace and review some such cases, we ask donors to notify the blood centre if they are diagnosed with an infection<jats:italic>after<\/jats:italic>they donate blood.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Materials and Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We analysed all data on postdonation cases of hepatitis A reported between 2007 and 2012. Archived specimens from these donors were tested for hepatitis A virus (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HAV<\/jats:styled-content>) using anti\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HAV<\/jats:styled-content>IgM\/IgG and<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HAV<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PCR<\/jats:styled-content>as markers. If any of the test results were positive, we reviewed the medical records of the recipients and, if necessary, tested them for hepatitis A.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Fifteen blood donors notified the blood centres of having been diagnosed with hepatitis A after donation. All archived samples except for one were<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HAV<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PCR<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010positive and anti\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HAV<\/jats:styled-content>IgM\/IgG\u2010negative. Of the donated components, four<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RBC<\/jats:styled-content>s and 14<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">FFP<\/jats:styled-content>s had not been transfused to patients and were recalled. Among 26 recipients of the implicated components, fourteen were still alive when they were notified. Two patients showed clinical symptoms of hepatitis A and had positive results with anti\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HAV<\/jats:styled-content>IgM.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Transfusion\u2010transmitted hepatitis A is rare but exists. To reduce the risk, donors should be told to notify the blood centre if they are diagnosed with blood\u2010borne diseases after they donate blood. Physicians should consider the possibility of transfusion\u2010transmitted hepatitis A if a transfused patient has hepatitis A but no history of travel or route of faecal\u2010oral infection.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/vox.12672","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,7,13]],"date-time":"2018-07-13T10:54:47Z","timestamp":1531479287000},"page":"547-554","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Identification of transfusion\u2010transmitted hepatitis A through postdonation information in Korea: results of an<scp>HAV<\/scp>lookback (2007\u20102012)"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"113","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4148-9116","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"M. J.","family":"Kim","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Laboratory Medicine Myongji Hospital Goyang Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"J. 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