title: Risk factors connected with hepatitis C infections in Finland.
abstract: Risk factors of 160 hepatitis C virus antibody (anti-HCV) positive patients, found in our serological routine, were analyzed. 89% of the patients had been exposed to blood (64% had a history of i.v. drug abuse, 24% had used whole blood or blood products, 0.6% had a profession connected with blood exposure). 8.1% of the patients had lived or travelled in Southern countries, notably in Africa and in the Eastern Mediterranean, 0.6% had an anti-HCV positive sex partner. 2.5% of the patients had no known risk factors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pohjanpelto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications; D014195:Travel