title: [Hepatitis C antibody in hematological patients who underwent multiple transfusions].
abstract: The frequency of hepatitis C virus antibodies in serum as detected by the "Ortho Antibody Elisa Test System", was investigated in a consecutive series of multitransfused haematological patients who had received a total of 3,627 transfusions. Two out of 43 patients (4.6%; 95% confidence interval 0.6-15.8%) were found seropositive. Among Danish blood donors the frequency of seropositivity has been reported to 0.2-0.3%. The clinical significance of the seropositivity is underlined by the finding at autopsy of chronic active hepatitis in one of the two patients found anti-HCV positive.
authors.affiliation: Arhus Amtssygehus, medicinsk haematologisk afdeling og patologisk institut, Skejby Sygehus.
authors.forename: B V
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Lund
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Korsgaard
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Peterslund
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D065227:Transfusion Reaction
chemical_list: D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies
vernacular_title: Hepatitis C antistof hos multitransfunderede haematologiske patienter.