Publications
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hepatitis c virus-polymerase chain reaction minipool testing: 3 years in the largest swiss blood transfusion service. | hepatitis c virus-polymerase chain reaction (hcv-pcr) minipool testing can improve the safety of labile blood products owing to a reduction in the diagnostic preseroconversion window period. in switzerland, hcv-pcr minipool testing for the release of labile blood components became mandatory in september 1999. in the largest swiss blood transfusion centre, hcv-pcr minipool testing began in january 1999. this report analyses the performance of the test during a 3-year period: 1 january 1999 to 31 ... | 2003 | 12609016 |
management of hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection in drug substitution programs. | in switzerland, intravenous drug use (idu) accounts for 80% of newly acquired hepatitis c virus (hcv) infections. early hcv treatment has the potential to interrupt the transmission chain and reduce morbidity/mortality due to decompensated liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. nevertheless, patients in drug substitution programs are often insufficiently screened and treated. | 2011 | 21623473 |