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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
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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-screened intravenous Ig (Gammagard; Baxter Healthcare Ltd., Thetford, Norfolk, England) that was associated with...
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