Patients with post-transfusion, community-acquired or hemodialysis-acquired non-A, non-B hepatitis (NANBH) were tested for antibody to hepatitis C virus (HCV) during acute-phase and resolving or chronicized illness. HCV appears to be involved in most cases of post-transfusion and hemodialysis-acquired NANBH, but only in 40% of community-acquired NANBH. Second generation HCV antibody assays are more specific and sensitive, favoring early detection of HCV seroconversion and identification of HCV-antibody-positive individuals years after exposure to the virus.
Hepatitis C virus antibody response in acute and chronic non-A, non-B hepatitis. / A. Tagger, M.L. Ribero, A. Grossi, S. Chiaramonte, F. Bortolotti, F. Tremolada. - In: NEPHRON. - ISSN 0028-2766. - 61:3(1992), pp. 258-259.
Hepatitis C virus antibody response in acute and chronic non-A, non-B hepatitis.
A. TaggerPrimo
;M.L. Ribero;
1992
Abstract
Patients with post-transfusion, community-acquired or hemodialysis-acquired non-A, non-B hepatitis (NANBH) were tested for antibody to hepatitis C virus (HCV) during acute-phase and resolving or chronicized illness. HCV appears to be involved in most cases of post-transfusion and hemodialysis-acquired NANBH, but only in 40% of community-acquired NANBH. Second generation HCV antibody assays are more specific and sensitive, favoring early detection of HCV seroconversion and identification of HCV-antibody-positive individuals years after exposure to the virus.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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