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Seronegative hepatitis C virus infection in Polish blood donors-Virological characteristics of index donations and follow-up observations.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Mar 2020
Grabarczyk Piotr, Kubicka-Russel Dorota, Kopacz Aneta, Liszewski Grzegorz, Sulkowska Ewa, Zwolińska Paulina, Madaliński Kazimierz, Marek Maciej, Szabelewska Małgorzata, Świątek Ewa, Laskus Tomasz, Radkowski Marek
Abstract excerpt
Nucleic acid testing (NAT) was implemented in Poland in 1999 for screening of plasma for fractionation and for all blood donors in 2002. To analyze seronegative NAT-positive samples representing hepatitis C virus (HCV) window-period (WP) in the years 2000 to 2016 and to determine infection outcome. We analyzed results of 17 502 739 donations screened in minipools (6-48) or individually. Index samples underwent...
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