Article
Outbreak of acute hepatitis C following the use of anti-hepatitis C virus--screened intravenous immunoglobulin therapy.
Gastroenterology - 1 Apr 1996
Healey C J, Sabharwal N K, Daub J, Davidson F, Yap P L, Fleming K A, Chapman R W, Simmonds P, Chapel H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been associated with intravenous (IV) immunoglobulin (Ig), and plasma donations used to prepare IV Ig are now screened to prevent transmission. Thirty-six patients from the United Kingdom received infusions from a batch of anti-HCV antibody...
Topics
- Acute Disease
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Child
- Disease Outbreaks
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis C Antibodies
- Humans
- Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- RNA, Viral