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[Occurrence of antibodies against hepatitis C virus (HCV) among alcoholics]
T Laskus1, M Radkowski, E Lupa
1Zakładu Immunopatologii, Instytutu Chorób Zakaźnych i Pasoźytniczych AM, Warszawie.
Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
144 consecutive alcoholics attending an outpatient clinic were tested for the prevalence of anti-HCV with commercially available ELISA test (Abbott HCV EIA). Positive sera were further tested with neutralization assay (Abbott HCV Neutralization Assay). Anti-HCV were found in 35 (24%). There was no difference in the prevalence or mean titre of anti-CMV and anti-HSV between patients with and without anti-HCV what points to the specificity of tested antibodies.