Transmission (HCV)

Blood Recipients in India Still Face HCV Risk

Published in Blood Weekly, September 27th, 1999

Transfusion-associated hepatitis C virus infection remains high in India.

In Indian blood banks, screening for hepatitis B virus (HBV) is currently done by the EIA method, but no routine screening is done for hepatitis C virus (HCV).

To determine the incidence of transfusion-associated HCV hepatitis, and of any residual transfusion-associated hepatitis (TAH) after HBsAg screening, R. Saxena and colleagues from New Delhi's G.B. Pant Hospital prospectively studied 182 patients who underwent surgery and received blood transfusion ("Transfusion-Associated Hepatitis in a Tertiary Referral Hospital in India," Vox Sang, August 1999;77(1):6-10).

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