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Risk factors of hepatitis C virus transmission and genotype distribution in former blood donors from Chinese rural area.
BMC public health - 25 Feb 2015
Yin Wenjiao, Huang Changhong, Qiu Feng, Liu Li, Wang Feng, Zhou Jikun, Zhang Yong, Bi Shengli
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Illegal commercial plasma and blood donation activities in the late 1980s and early 1990s caused a large number of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in rural areas of China. In the present study, we aimed to elucidate the risk factors of HCV RNA positivity and HCV genotype distribution in former blood donors. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was carried out in a former blood donation village in...
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