title: [Hepatitis C virus infection among the plasmapheresis donors].
abstract: We have made a retrospective study on 621 HBsAg negative plasma donors, 354 HBsAg negative non-blood donors, 124 HBsAg positive plasma donors and 124 HBsAg positive non-blood donors. Results showed that the respective positive rates of anti-HCV were 84.2%, 0.85%, 41.9% and 1.6%, and that the respective prevalence rates of viral hepatitis were 34.9%, 1.98%, 18.5% and 4.8%, respectively. These figures suggest that HCV infection and the epidemic of hepatitis C mostly occur among the plasma donors.
authors.affiliation: Zhou Kou Biologicals Institute, Henan Province.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001782:Blood Donors; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000276:immunology; D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies / Q000097:blood; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D018937:Hepatitis C Antibodies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010956:Plasmapheresis; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies; D018937:Hepatitis C Antibodies