Hepatitis C virus prevalence and incidence estimates among Chinese blood donors.

CONCLUSIONS: HCV infection is still an important concern for transfusion safety in China. Our findings indicate that continued strong efforts are needed to monitor and control the risk of transfusion-transmitted HCV infection in China. Moreover, to reduce unnecessary donor loss, HCV donor screening procedures should be improved by incorporating confirmatory testing into routine blood center operations.
PMID: 31271469 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Transfusion - July 3, 2019 Category: Hematology Authors: Fu P, Lv Y, Zhang H, Liu C, Wen X, Ma H, He T, Ke L, Wu B, Liu J, He M, Liao D, Wang J, Ness P, Liu Y, Shan H, International Component of the NHLBI Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-III (REDS-III) Tags: Transfusion Source Type: research