TEAR FLUID OF HEPATITIS-C VIRUS CARRIERS COULD BE INFECTIOUS

Authors
FEUCHT HH ZOLLNER B SCHROTER M ALTROGGE H LAUFS R
Citation
Hh. Feucht et al., TEAR FLUID OF HEPATITIS-C VIRUS CARRIERS COULD BE INFECTIOUS, Journal of clinical microbiology, 33(8), 1995, pp. 2202-2203
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
33
Issue
8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
2202 - 2203
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1995)33:8<2202:TFOHVC>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
For up to 20 to 40% of patients chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), the mode of transmission is still unknown. We demonstrate that tear fluid contains HCV RNA-carrying material with the propertie s of infectious virus and conclude that smear infection with tear flui d may play a role in HCV transmission.