EFFECT OF SCREENING OF DONORS FOR ANTIBODIES TO HEPATITIS-C VIRUS BY 2ND-GENERATION ASSAY ON INCIDENCE OF HCV INFECTION IN ACUTE-LEUKEMIA

被引:2
作者
KAWATANI, T
SUOU, T
ENDO, A
TAJIMA, F
KAWASAKI, H
机构
[1] The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Tottori University School of Medicine, Yonago, Tottori, 683
来源
INTERNATIONAL HEPATOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS | 1995年 / 4卷 / 03期
关键词
HCV; DONOR SCREENING; ACUTE LEUKEMIA;
D O I
10.1016/0928-4346(95)00235-9
中图分类号
R57 [消化系及腹部疾病];
学科分类号
摘要
We examined the incidence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in 42 patients with acute leukemia before and after blood donor screening for the HCV Ab using the first-generation assay and the second-generation assay. Although 14 (93%) of the 15 patients before screening and 6 (50%) of the 12 patients after screening by the first-generation assay became seropositive for HCV RNA, none of the 15 patients became seropositive after screening by the second-generation assay. These findings indicate that the second-generation assay is effective in preventing HCV infection in multitransfused patients with acute leukemia.
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页码:139 / 141
页数:3
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