Routes of infection, viremia, and liver disease in blood donors found to have hepatitis C virus infection

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 334, Issue 26, 1996, Pages 1691-1696

  Conry Cantilena, Cathy ^a   Vanraden, Mark ^b   Gibble, Joan ^d   Melpolder, Jacqueline ^a   Shakil, A Obaid ^c   Viladomiu, Luis ^e   Cheung, Ling ^a   Dibisceclie, Adrian ^f   Hoofnagle, Jay ^c   Shih, James W ^a   Kaslow, Richard ^b   Ness, Paul ^d   Alter, Harvey J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^d American Red Cross   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^f SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; EAR INJURY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIREMIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; COCAINE; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIVER DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIREMIA;

EID: 15844389654     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199606273342602     Document Type: Article

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