Prevalence of hepatitis C virus antibody in healthy blood donors

Authors
Makroo, RN Raina, V Kaushik, V
Citation
Rn. Makroo et al., Prevalence of hepatitis C virus antibody in healthy blood donors, I J MED RES, 110, 1999, pp. 123-125
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
INDIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH
ISSN journal
09715916 → ACNP
Volume
110
Year of publication
1999
Pages
123 - 125
Database
ISI
SICI code
0971-5916(199910)110:<123:POHCVA>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The present study was conducted to find the prevalence of HCV antibody in b lood donors with an aim to provide safe blood for transfusion. A total of 4 4,086 blood samples from healthy blood donors was screened for HCV antibody by third generation ELISA assay and a prevalence of 0.53 per cent was foun d in our study. We suggest that routine screening of all donor blood should be done.