HCV Genotypes of People with Hemophilia in Countries with High Seroprevalances
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Dear Editor, The risk of transfusion-transmitted hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection was the greatest in people with haemophilia (PWH) before identification and testing for this virus became available in 1987. After introduction of HCV screening and virucidal measures post 1987, this risk significantly reduced in the developed countries (1.8%). 1 However, in resource poor settings, the risk still remained high. The HCV seroprevalence rate among PWH in Brazil was as high at 44%, 2 with that in Pakistan higher at 56%. 3
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دوره 13 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2011