[Hepatitis C in Germany. More than 5000 new infections annually].

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The number of people infected with HCV in Germany is estimated to be 300,000. New infections total 5100 every year, with drug consumption playing a major transmission role. Since the introduction of routine tests, the risk of contracting HCV infection from donated blood has now decreased to less than 1 in 1 million. For diagnostic purposes, antibody screening assays, confirmation assays to exclude false positive...

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