| seroconversion to hepatitis c virus antibodies in patients with acute posttransfusion non-a, non-b hepatitis in sweden with a second generation test. | 28 patients with posttransfusion non-a, non-b (nanb) hepatitis in stockholm, sweden, were studied for seroconversion to hepatitis c virus antibodies (anti-hcv) and time lag to seroconversion by first and second generation tests. 15/28 patients (54%) seroconverted to anti-hcv with a first generation anti-hcv elisa using c100-3 from the nonstructural (ns) region 4 of the hcv genome and 23 (82%) with a second generation anti-hcv elisa including also antigens from the core and ns3 regions of the hcv ... | 1992 | 1375390 |
| seroconversion to hepatitis c virus antibodies in patients with acute posttransfusion non-a, non-b hepatitis in sweden. | seventy-four patients in 1978 and 316 in 1986, all transfused during open-heart surgery in stockholm, sweden, were studied prospectively for the development of posttransfusion non-a, non-b (nanb) hepatitis, seroconversion to hepatitis c virus antibodies (anti-hcv) (c-100), time lag to seroconversion to anti-hcv and outcome of posttransfusion nanb/c hepatitis. anti-hcv was tested up to six months after transfusions in patients from 1978 and up to one year after transfusions in patients from 1986. ... | 1991 | 1666063 |
| seroconversion to hepatitis c virus in dialysis patients: a retrospective and prospective study. | the prevalence and incidence of hepatitis c virus (hcv) infections were studied in 236 dialysis patients and related to clinical data at two hospitals in stockholm, sweden. patients were followed during 12 months and tested by 1st- and 2nd-generation anti-hcv assays. time of seroconversion to hcv could be determined by retrospective analysis of stored serum samples. a total of 36 (15%) patients were anti-hcv positive. time of seroconversion could be determined for 23 patients and was in the majo ... | 1993 | 7692314 |
| prevalence of antibodies against hepatitis c virus infection among health care workers in stockholm. | the prevalence of hepatitis c virus (hcv) markers was investigated among health care staff with a high rate of exposure to blood or needle-stick injuries. after screening sera in pools of 10 at a time and individual testing of all reactive pools, totally 6 of 880 (0.7%; 95% confidence interval, 0.25-14.8%) were positive for anti-hcv, a figure of the same order as that found among swedish first-time blood donors. among the seropositives, all of five evaluable had been exposed to blood and four of ... | 1994 | 8047813 |