Hepatitis C Virus Prevalence and Clearance among US Blood Donors, 2006–2007: Associations with Birth Cohort, Multiple Pregnancies, and Body Mass Index
Author(s) -
Edward L. Murphy,
Junyong Fang,
Yongling Tu,
Ritchard G. Cable,
Christopher D. Hillyer,
Ronald A. Sacher,
Darrell J. Triulzi,
Jerome L. Gottschall,
Michael P. Busch
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1086/654882
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatitis c virus , odds ratio , body mass index , confidence interval , cohort , hepatitis c , immunology , logistic regression , virus
During the period 1992-1993, the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibodies (anti-HCV) among US blood donors was 0.36%, but contemporary data on the prevalence of antibody to HCV and the prevalence of HCV RNA are lacking.
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