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Acute nosocomial HCV infection detected by NAT of a regular blood donor.
Transfusion - 1 Jun 2002
Larke Bryce, Hu Yu-Wen, Krajden Mel, Scalia Vito, Byrne Sean K, Boychuk Lesia R, Klein Judith
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BACKGROUND: Routine HCV NAT of blood donors to detect persons in the preseroconversion phase of acute infection was introduced in Canada in October 1999. The source of virus exposure was investigated in the first, and to date only, blood donor found to be HCV NAT positive, anti-HCV negative in Canada. He was a regular donor with none of the commonly reported risk factors for HCV infection. STUDY DESIGN AND...
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