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Hepatitis C virus antibodies among risk groups in Turkey
I Köksal1, K Biberoğlu, S Biberoğlu
1Dept. of Infectious Disease, Black Sea Technical University School of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey.
Infection
|July 1, 1991
Abstract:
In order to determine the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in the Black Sea region in Turkey, 287 serum samples taken from risk groups were investigated for anti-HCV antibodies using HCV EIA system. Anti-HCV antibodies were found to be positive in 51.2% of chronic haemodialysis patients, 20.6% of probable acute non-A, non-B hepatitis patients, 4% of patients who had multiple blood transfusions, 1.5% of the health personnel, while in new haemodialysis patients anti-HCV antibodies were not found.