Long-term hepatitis C seroconversion in a blood donor [1]

Transfusion

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 427-

  Bux Gewehr, Irene ^a,b   Schmandt, Sabine ^a,b   Zotz, Rainer B ^a,b   Scharf, Rüdiger E ^a,b   Roggendorf, Michael ^a,b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

BLOOD DONOR; CASE REPORT; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0035083287     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2001.41030427.x     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

1. Hepatitis C virus transmission by a blood donation negative in nucleic acid amplification tests for viral RNA
2. Feasibility and efficacy of routine PCR screening of blood donations for hepatitis C virus, hepatitis B virus, and HIV-1 in blood bank setting
3. Low levels of hepatitis C virus RNA in serum, plasma, and peripheral blood mononuclear cells of injecting drag users during long antibody-undetectable periods before seroconversion
4. Rational use of diagnostic tools in hepatitis C
5. Declining value of alanine aminotransferase in screening of blood donors to prevent posttransfusion hepatitis B and C virus infection. The retrovirus epidemiology donor study