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Exposure of hepatitis C virus-negative recipients to > or =2 infected blood donors.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Feb 2001
Laskus T, Wang L F, Radkowski M, Nowicki M, Wilkinson J, Rakela J
Abstract excerpt
This study analyzed 4 cases of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-naive transfusion recipients who developed hepatitis after receiving blood from >1 HCV-infected donor. One recipient was exposed to 4 donors, 2 were exposed to 3 donors, and 1 was exposed to 2 donors. For 3 recipients, the strain from 1 of the donors predominated in all follow-up samples collected for 8-40 months. For 2 recipients, the strain from the second...
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