| [prevalence of hepatitis e virus antibodies in blood donors and other population groups in southern chile]. | little is known about hepatitis e virus (hev) prevalence in south american countries. anti-hev was studied in 1,773 subjects from 1,360 blood donors of 3 cities in chile, 72 in health care workers, 241 inmates in state jails, and in 100 araucanian indians. anti-hev was detected in 109 out of 1,360 (8.0%) total donors (6.3%, 6.1%, and 18.8% from the cities of valdivia, osorno and puerto montt respectively); 9 out of 72 (12.5%) health care workers; 18 out of 241 (7.5%) inmates, and 17 out of 100 ( ... | 1997 | 9460262 |