Blood Safety
Patients accidentally infected with hepatitis C respond well to interferon
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, March 21st, 2005
According to recent research from Japan, "acute hepatitis C is known to respond better to interferon therapy than chronic hepatitis C. The reason for this difference remains unclear. The present study was undertaken to examine HCV quasispecies in blood from patients with acute hepatitis C caused by accidental exposure to blood-borne pathogens and in blood from the source patients."
"Three patients who developed hepatitis C (recipient patients; R-Pt.) and two patients who served as a source of HCV infection (source patients; S-Pt.) were the subjects of this study," said T....
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2005-03-21)
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