Article
Hepatitis C virus genotypes among blood donors and their recipients in Iceland determined by the polymerase chain reaction.
Vox sanguinis - 1 Jan 1995
Löve A, Smáradóttir A, Thorsteinsson S B, Stanzeit B, Widell A
Abstract excerpt
Eight antibody-positive individuals were detected among 12,000 blood donations during the first year of screening blood donors for hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibodies in Iceland. All 8 were found to have a history of intravenous drug abuse. Six of these 8 individuals had previously donated blood to 27 patients who could be traced and examined for HCV infection. The great majority (23/27, 85%) of the recipients had...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Base Sequence
- Blood Donors
- Female
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Humans
- Iceland
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data