| chronic infection with hepatitis g virus in relation to hepatocellular carcinoma among non-asians in los angeles county, california. | the recently identified hepatitis g virus (hgv) is a hepatotropic rna virus belonging to the flaviviridae family. the virus causes chronic viremia, and exposure to blood products is a recognized route of transmission in humans. to the authors' knowledge there is scant information regarding the hepatocarcinogenic potential of hgv. the current study examined the association between hgv infection and the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma. | 1999 | 10491518 |
| cost-effectiveness of transfusion of platelet components prepared with pathogen inactivation treatment in the united states. | the intercept blood system (ibs) for platelets has been developed to reduce pathogen transmission risks during transfusions. | 2003 | 14604745 |
| prevalence of hepatitis c virus antibodies among patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus. | a study was undertaken to determine the prevalence and risk factors for serological evidence of hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv). tests for anti-hcv antibody were carried out by enzyme-linked immunoassay (eia) on 101 hiv-infected patients from two university-based outpatient clinics. anti-hcv antibody reactive samples were tested by using a recombinant immunoblot assay (riba) for hcv antibodies. fourteen of 101 (13.9%) hiv-infecte ... | 1991 | 1715384 |
| molecular cloning and sequence analysis of an isolate of hepatitis c virus from southern california, u.s.a. | we obtained a cdna clone representing a partial rna sequence of a human hepatitis c virus (hcv) isolate from southern california. rna was extracted from the liver tissue of a patient with post-transfusion hepatitis, and used for cdna synthesis and polymerase chain reaction (pcr) amplification using oligonucleotide primers specific for the prototype hcv rna. the cdna clone obtained contains 585 base pairs of hcv sequences and represents the region encoding the putative nonstructural protein ns3 o ... | 1992 | 1364214 |
| bloodborne pathogen exposures in a developmental center: 1993-2000. | in a developmental center, 257 potential bloodborne pathogen exposures (119 bites, 91 scratches, 30 sharps injuries, 17 mucosal breaks) occurred during 8 years (13,187 employee-years and 6,980 resident-years). of the residents, 9% were hepatitis b virus (hbv) surface antigen carriers. serological follow-up of exposed, susceptible employees and residents identified no transmission of hbv, hepatitis c virus (hcv), or human immunodeficiency (hiv) virus. this outcome has been due primarily to hepati ... | 2001 | 11519919 |