Prevalence and outcome of post-transfusion hepatitis C acquired at different ages and detected in look-back screening.

CONCLUSIONS: In this study, we found an anti-HCV prevalence of 1.8% which is considerably higher than the estimated prevalence in the Swedish general population (0.5%), and patients infected during childhood were more likely to receive antiviral treatment. Additional data on the HCV epidemic in Sweden are needed regarding prevalence and age distribution. PMID: 29909701 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology - Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Scand J Gastroenterol Source Type: research