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7504894

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-1-11
pubmed:abstractText
A possible role for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in the pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has recently been suggested on the basis of an unusually high seroprevalence rate of anti-HCV in such patients from Japan. In an attempt to confirm these findings, we tested sera from 62 patients with IPF by two second-generation anti-HCV ELISAs. Only one serum was reactive. Serum from this patient gave an indeterminate result when tested by four-antigen RIBA (c22 band only), and it was negative for the presence of HCV RNA when tested by the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction assay. HCV infection is thus no more prevalent in patients with IPF from the UK than in the general population.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0003-0805
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
148
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1683-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and hepatitis C virus infection.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology and Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article