The blood bank and hepatitis G.
HGV can be transmitted by transfusion and is capable of inducing persistent infection. Thus far it appears to have no discernable disease association. We determined the infection rate of HGV in volunteer blood donors and patient with risk factors for viral transmission through the blood. The association between HGV infection and exposure to labile blood products could be a problem for blood banks in the future.
Araújo
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Department of Transfusion Medicine and Blood Bank, Hospital S. João, Porto, Portugal.
Koch
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MC
Monteiro
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F
Araújo
A R
AR
Cunha-Ribeiro
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LM
D001771:Blood Banks / Q000592:standards*; D018067:Flaviviridae; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans