| infection with hepatitis g virus among recipients of plasma products. | hepatitis g virus (hgv or gbv-c) is a newly discovered human flavivirus distantly related to hepatitis c virus (hcv). little information is available on its natural history or routes of transmission, although it can be transmitted parenterally. we investigated the prevalence of persistent infection of hgv and hcv in patients exposed to non-virus-inactivated pooled blood products associated with transmission of hcv. | 1996 | 8918279 |
| haemophilia care in central scotland 1980-94. i. demographic characteristics, hospital admissions and causes of death. | to estimate the resources required to manage patients with haemophilia in scotland, we studied the demographic features, hospital admissions and causes of deaths for individuals with haemophilia a and b and von willebrand disease, treated with blood products, during the period 1980-94 living in central scotland. data were obtained from 413 adults and children (93% ascertainment). the age distribution in 1980 revealed a paucity of individuals over 60 years but the number in this age group increas ... | 2000 | 11012692 |
| comparison of prevalence rates of microbiological markers between bone/tissue donations and new blood donors in scotland. | blood-borne virus prevalence rates of samples accompanying tissue donors are not widely available. this article compares the rates in scottish bone/tissue donors with those of new blood donors for the 7-year period, 1998-2004. | 2006 | 16756598 |
| detection of htlv-i and -ii in scottish blood donor samples and archive donations. | positive samples identified during routine serological screening for hcv (hepatitis c virus), hbv (hepatitis b virus) and hiv (human immunodeficiency virus) are confirmed by nucleic acid testing in the snbts (scottish national blood transfusion service) pcr reference laboratory. serological screening for htlv-i (human t-cell lymphotropic virus type i) and -ii was implemented in scotland in november 2002, at which time a pcr assay was not available for confirmation. our aim was to develop a real- ... | 2006 | 16958835 |
| outcome of patients from the west of scotland traveling to pakistan for living donor kidney transplants. | the aim of this study was to analyze the 3-year outcome of patients traveling from the west of scotland to pakistan for living donor kidney transplant. baseline data and outcomes of 18 consecutive recipients who traveled to pakistan between 2000 and 2007 and returned for follow-up at the regional transplant unit in the west of scotland were retrieved from the electronic patient record. mean follow-up was 775 days. no patients died. two kidneys failed at 12 and 1400 days, respectively. the incide ... | 2008 | 18946355 |
| patient notification exercise following a dentist's admission of the periodic use of unsterilized equipment. | during 2001, greater glasgow national health service (nhs) board undertook a patient notification exercise in a glasgow dental practice following the admission, by the dentist, of the use of unsterilized dental equipment on patients. four thousand and eighty-nine exposed patients were identified; of these, 1696 contacted the nhs helpline and 1005 were counselled and screened for hepatitis c virus (hcv), hepatitis b virus (hbv) and human immunodeficiency virus. one patient showed evidence of prev ... | 2005 | 15942986 |