Transmission (HCV)
"Silent" Hepatitis C Carriers May Be Infectious Blood Donors
Published in Blood Weekly, July 27th, 1998
The animal studies suggest that silent carriers of hepatitis C virus HCV) may represent potentially infectious blood donors.
"An estimated 20 percent of HCV infected humans are expected to convalesce, in contrast to approximately 60 percent of HCV infected chimpanzees in this study," Suzanne E. Bassett and colleagues of the University of Texas Health Science Center wrote ("Analysis of Hepatitis C Virus Inoculated Chimpanzees Reveals Unexpected Clinical Profiles," Journal of Virology, April 1998;72(4):2589-2599).
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Source: Blood Weekly (1998-07-27)
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