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Viremia levels in hepatitis C infection among Egyptian blood donors and implications for transmission risk with different screening scenarios.
Transfusion - 1 Jun 2015
El Ekiaby Magdy, Moftah Faten, Goubran Heidi, van Drimmelen Harry, LaPerche Syria, Kleinman Steve, Busch Michael, Lelie Nico
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Knowledge about the viral load (VL) distributions in different stages of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is essential to compare the efficacy of serologic screening and nucleic acid testing (NAT) in preventing transfusion transmission risk. We studied HCV-RNA levels in Egyptian blood donors in the preseroconversion window period (WP) and in later anti-HCV-positive stages of infection. STUDY DESIGN...
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