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Letter to the Editor

Low hepatitis D seroprevalence in blood donors of Bamako, Mali

Quentin MarinoSorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique (iPLESP), AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Laboratoire de virologie, Paris, France; View further author information
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Moussa CisseCentre National de Transfusion Sanguine, Bamako, Mali; View further author information
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Athenaïs GerberLaboratoire de Microbiologie Clinique, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Paris Seine Saint-Denis, Site Avicenne, Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France; ;Centre national de référence des virus des hépatites B, C et Delta, Laboratoire de Virologie, Bobigny, France; ;Unité INSERM U955, Equipe 18, Créteil, France; View further author information
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Oumar DoloSEREFO/UCRC, FMOS, Université des Sciences Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako, Bamako, Mali; View further author information
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Sophie SayonSorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique (iPLESP), AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Laboratoire de virologie, Paris, France; View further author information
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Alhassane BaCentre National de Transfusion Sanguine, Bamako, Mali; ;Service de santé des armées, Kati, Mali; View further author information
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Ségolène BrichlerLaboratoire de Microbiologie Clinique, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Paris Seine Saint-Denis, Site Avicenne, Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France; ;Centre national de référence des virus des hépatites B, C et Delta, Laboratoire de Virologie, Bobigny, France; ;Unité INSERM U955, Equipe 18, Créteil, France; View further author information
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Fatoumata Tata TraoreSEREFO/UCRC, FMOS, Université des Sciences Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako, Bamako, Mali; View further author information
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Emmanuel GordienLaboratoire de Microbiologie Clinique, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Paris Seine Saint-Denis, Site Avicenne, Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France; ;Centre national de référence des virus des hépatites B, C et Delta, Laboratoire de Virologie, Bobigny, France; ;Unité INSERM U955, Equipe 18, Créteil, France; View further author information
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Josue TogoSEREFO/UCRC, FMOS, Université des Sciences Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako, Bamako, Mali; View further author information
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Vincent CalvezSorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique (iPLESP), AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Laboratoire de virologie, Paris, France; View further author information
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Anne-Geneviève MarcelinSorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique (iPLESP), AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Laboratoire de virologie, Paris, France; View further author information
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Almoustapha Issiaka MaigaSEREFO/UCRC, FMOS, Université des Sciences Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako, Bamako, Mali; ;Clinical and Microbiology Department, University Hospital Gabriel Toure, Bamako, MaliView further author information
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Eve TodescoSorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique (iPLESP), AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Laboratoire de virologie, Paris, France; Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 622-624 | Received 30 Apr 2019, Accepted 14 May 2019, Published online: 05 Jun 2019

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