title: Evaluation of anti-HCV positive blood donors identified during routine screening.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Hospital General Universitari Vall d'Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Esteban
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lopez-Talavera
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Genescà
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vargas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Buti
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guardia
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Esteban
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D001706:Biopsy; D001782:Blood Donors; D002353:Carrier State / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies / Q000097:blood*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006521:Hepatitis, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies; D000410:Alanine Transaminase