Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Alter, Miriam J

Titel

Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus -- Route, Dose, and Titer

Ist Teil von

• The New England journal of medicine, 1994-03, Vol.330 (11), p.784-786

Ort / Verlag

United States: Massachusetts Medical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

1994

Quelle

EZB-FREE-00999 freely available EZB journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a blood-borne virus that generally circulates in low titers in infected serum. Epidemiologic studies show that the most efficient transmission of HCV is through the transfusion of blood or blood products or the transplantation of organs from infected donors and through the sharing of contaminated needles among injection-drug users 1 . However, less than half of patients with acute hepatitis C report a history of such exposure. A small number of epidemiologic studies demonstrate that perinatal, sexual, household, and occupational transmission occurs, but our understanding of the risks of transmission in these settings has been limited . . .