| detection of hepatitis c virus antibodies and rna among medicolegal autopsy cases in northern france. | forensic medical personnel are at risk of exposure to blood-borne viruses including hepatitis c virus (hcv). the aim of this study was to determine prevalence of hcv markers among a cadaver population at the medicolegal institute in lille. seventy-seven consecutive cadavers were screened for antibodies to hcv and for hcv rna. positive results were confirmed by an immunoblot assay. fifty-three cadavers had a histopathologic study. anti-hcv was detected in 13 (16.9%) and accompanied by hcv rna in ... | 2006 | 16490339 |