title: Investigation of anti-HCV in 391 serum samples in China.
abstract: 391 serum samples from healthy blood donors, HBsAg positive blood donors and patients with different kinds of liver diseases in northern China were tested for anti-HCV by ELISA. Of the healthy donors, 4.6% (7/151) were anti-HCV positive; of the HBsAg positive donors, 32.4% (24/74) were positive; and of the liver disease patients, 5.4% (9/166) were positive. Among the 24 cases of HBV-HCV double infection, 10 were assayed for serum ALT level. 40% (4/10) of them were abnormal. The causes of the surprisingly high rate of HCV infection, both in healthy donors and in HBsAg positive donors, were discussed. This is the first report on the distribution of anti-HCV in certain population in China.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hepatology, Beijing Medical University.
authors.forename: Q M
authors.initials: QM
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Meng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D001782:Blood Donors; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000276:immunology; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000097:blood*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015163:Superinfection
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens