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Hepatitis C in asymptomatic blood donors

H J Alter1, C Conry-Cantilena, J Melpolder

  • 1Department of Transfusion Medicine, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1184, USA.

Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.)
|September 26, 1997
PubMed
Summary

Most asymptomatic blood donors with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection have chronic disease, with cocaine snorting and ear piercing identified as transmission risks. Liver injury is generally mild, with slow progression to severe outcomes observed over two decades.

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