Hepatitis C Virus
PCR Assay Helps Determine Probability of Transmission
Published in Women's Health Weekly, October 6th, 1997
"It seems that there is virtually no risk of hepatitis C transmission in the absence of viremia as detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)," researcher Gregory J. Dore and colleagues wrote ("Systematic Review of Role of Polymerase Chain Reaction in Defining Infectiousness Among People Infected with Hepatitis C Virus," British Medical Journal, 1997;315:333-337).
"This finding has important implications with regard to counseling both those people at...
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