The Declining Risk of Post-Transfusion Hepatitis C Virus Infection
Open Access
- 6 August 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 327 (6), 369-373
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199208063270601
Abstract
The most common serious complication of blood transfusion is post-transfusion hepatitis from the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Blood banks now screen blood donors for surrogate markers of non-A, non-B hepatitis and antibodies to HCV, but the current risk of post-transfusion hepatitis C is unknown.Keywords
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