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1280507

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-1-6
pubmed:abstractText
Posttransfusion hepatitis remains a threat to transfusion therapy. Testing for increased ALT levels has been used in an attempt to reduce this risk. Presence of the infectious agent, hepatitis C virus (HCV), appears to be a much more sensitive criterion. Stored serum samples from transfusion blood as well as recipients of transfusion were tested by ELISA, RIBA and PCR for the presence of HCV. The results show that RIBA and PCR are about equally sensitive and are able to detect HCV positivity in many sera that might have been otherwise transfused. Routine screening for the presence of virus will dramatically reduce the danger of hepatitis infection to transfusion patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0939-1983
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
241-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-7-23
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
HCV and blood transfusion.
pubmed:affiliation
Red Cross Blood Bank Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study