[Investigation on anti-HCV antibody in Shashi District].
In Shashi District, 2084 blood donors and 890 patients with liver diseases have been tested for anti-HCV antibody by using the second generation reagent. As a result, the blood donors showed a positive rate of 0.29% and the patients with liver diseases 1.35%. This indicated that HCV virus infection was present in Shashi District, and the infection is relatively low. Positive result was not found among 432 patients with hepatitis A and 8 patients with acute hepatitis B, while 11 out of 443 patients with chronic hepatitis B showed positive result with a positive rate of 2.48%. One of five patients with active cirrhosis of liver was positive for anti-HCV antibody. It indicates that the mixed or cross HCV infection might lead to chronicity of the HCV infection and active cirrhosis.
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Shashi Infectious Disease Hospital, Hubei Province.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001782:Blood Donors; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000276:immunology*; D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies / Q000097:blood*; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018937:Hepatitis C Antibodies; D006521:Hepatitis, Chronic / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D015163:Superinfection
D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies; D018937:Hepatitis C Antibodies