[Serum antibodies to hepatitis C virus: analysis of risk factors of seropositivity in a population of blood donors in metropolitan France].
Risk factors were analyzed in a group of 117 blood donors seropositive for hepatitis C virus antibody. One risk factor, at least, was found in 63 (53.8%) subjects. Frequently encountered risk factors were 1) travels in developing countries (31/117); 2) blood transfusions (20/117); 3) health care works (10/117); 4) intravenous drug addiction (8/117); 5) homosexual or multiple heterosexual contacts (3/67). Our study emphasizes the high percutaneous transmission of hepatitis C in contrast with the low sexual transmission. No risk factor could be found in 54 (46.2%) of the 117 seropositive subjects: the route of transmission in these cases is an intriguing issue which certainly deserves further epidemiological investigations.
Maisonneuve
P
P
Centre de Transfusion Sanguine de Versailles, Le Chesnay, France.
Aymard
J P
JP
Lemaire
J M
JM
Baillet
A
A
Janot
C
C
D000328:Adult; D001782:Blood Donors; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005602:France; D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000276:immunology*; D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018937:Hepatitis C Antibodies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012698:Serologic Tests
D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies; D018937:Hepatitis C Antibodies
Anticorps sériques contre le virus de l'hépatite C: analyse des facteurs de risque de séropositivité dans une population de donneurs de sang de France métropolitaine. Le Groupe "Hepatites Virales" de la Société Nationale de Transfusion Sanguine.