| recommendations for prevention and control of hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection and hcv-related chronic disease. centers for disease control and prevention. | these recommendations are an expansion of previous recommendations for the prevention of hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection that focused on screening and follow-up of blood, plasma, organ, tissue, and semen donors (cdc. public health service inter-agency guidelines for screening donors of blood, plasma, organs, tissues, and semen for evidence of hepatitis b and hepatitis c. mmwr 1991;40[no. rr-41;1-17). the recommendations in this report provide broader guidelines for a) preventing transmission o ... | 1998 | 9790221 |
| prevalence of hepatitis c virus seropositivity among hospitalized us veterans. | hepatitis c virus (hcv) is a major cause of acute and chronic hepatitis in the united states and abroad. hcv antibody prevalences ranging from 10 to 90% have been reported in intravenous drug abusers, hemodialysis patients, and persons suffering from other liver diseases, whereas hcv seropositivity rates for volunteer-blood donor populations are generally under 1%. however no information has been available concerning the prevalence of hcv in general hospital populations in the united states. | 2000 | 10875289 |
| hepatitis c virus (hcv): prevalence in a gynecological urgent care clinic population. | to determine the prevalence of hepatitis c virus (hcv) among women seeking urgent gynecological care. | 2004 | 15460189 |
| prevalence of hepatitis c infection in adult patients who underwent congenital heart surgery prior to screening in 1992. | before the routine screening of donor blood for hepatitis c virus (hcv) began in 1992, patients who received blood transfusions were at increased risk for hcv infection. patients with congenital heart disease requiring surgery were at particular risk because of the large volume of blood products required. it was hypothesized that patients who had congenital heart surgery before 1992 would have a high prevalence of hcv infection and would benefit from routine screening as part of cardiologic foll ... | 2007 | 17920376 |