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Prevalence of hepatitis C virus and genotype distribution in an Australian volunteer blood donor population.
Transfusion - 1 Jan 1997
Mison L M, Young I F, O'Donoghue M, Cowley N, Thorlton N, Hyland C A
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BACKGROUND: This study was undertaken to assess the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody and RNA in first-time blood donors and to examine the HCV genotype distribution. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: A third-generation enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to screen 34,725 donors for HCV antibodies. Donors who were repeatably reactive were tested in two immunoblot assays-a second-generation and...
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