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Blood exchanged in ritual ceremonies as a possible route for infection with hepatitis C virus
1West Midlands Regional Blood Transfusion Service, Edgbaston, Birmingham.
Journal of Clinical Pathology
|January 1, 1994
Of 52 blood donors (25 men and 27 women) counselled because their donation tested positive for hepatitis C virus antibody, seven (13.5%) gave a history of practising the ritual of blood exchange in their childhood or early adult life. This practice can cause transmission of blood borne infections or alloimmunisation, or both.
Of 52 blood donors (25 men and 27 women) counselled because their donation tested positive for hepatitis C virus antibody, seven (13.5%) gave a history of practising the ritual of blood exchange in their childhood or early adult life. This practice can cause transmission of blood borne infections or alloimmunisation, or both.