Molecular epidemiology of an outbreak of infection with hepatitis C virus in recipients of anti-D immunoglobulin.

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(95)91993-7

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Molecular epidemiology of an outbreak of infection with hepatitis C virus in recipients of anti-D immunoglobulin.

Lancet (London, England) - 13 May 1995

Power J P, Lawlor E, Davidson F, Holmes E C, Yap P L, Simmonds P

Abstract excerpt

In a retrospective investigation of possible transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) by anti-rhesus D immunoglobulin (anti-D) in 1977, we compared variants infecting anti-D recipients in Ireland of one of the implicated batches with those of epidemiologically unrelated HCV-infected individuals. A...

Topics

Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic
Disease Outbreaks
Drug Contamination
Female
Genotype
Hepacivirus
Hepatitis C
Humans
Ireland
Molecular Epidemiology
Phylogeny
Retrospective Studies

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