Preliminary investigation on intrafamilial spread of hepatitis C virus (HCV)

Autor: M T, Mughini, B, Cacopardo, F, Fatuzzo, B M, Celesia, R, La Rosa, S, Bruno, E, Oddo, S, Tosto, S, Cosentino, L, Nigro
Rok vydání: 1992
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Zdroj: Archives of virology. Supplementum. 4
ISSN: 0939-1983
Popis: To determine the risk of cohabitant HCV infection, we investigated the sera of 101 family members of 53 anti-HCV antibody positive chronic liver disease patients. Altogether 14.8% of the cohabitants were also anti-HCV antibody positive, compared to a prevalence of 1.4% in the general population. These results suggest that hepatitis-C-virus may spread by person-to-person infection.
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