Evaluation of anti-HCV positive blood donors identified during routine screening

1 January 1992

book chapter
Published by Springer Nature

Vol. 4, 244-246
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-5633-9_53

Abstract

Of 30,231 donors tested, 368 (1.2%) were anti-HCV positive. Of these, 254 have been evaluated, with the following results: only 25% have a history of parenteral risk, seroprevalence increases with age and approximately 80% of those that are anti-HCV positive in our population are probably infected with HCV. In addition, an unexpectedly large number of these persons have chronic and/or severe liver disease and will require combined diagnostic approaches for accurate evaluation.

Keywords

SEVERE LIVER DISEASE
HISTOLOGICAL ABNORMALITY
SEROPOSITIVE PATIENT
POTENTIAL INFECTIVITY
CHRONIC PERSISTENT HEPATITIS

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