The prevalence of SEN virus infection in blood donors in Taiwan.

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of SENV infections among blood donors in central Taiwan and to clarify the relationship between these infections and elevated alanine aminotransaminase (ALT) values.

Methods: DNA was extracted from plasma of 200 blood donors and amplified by seminested PCR.

Results: For all donors, the prevalence of SENV-D was 32%, and of SENV-H was 30.