A clinical, epidemological, laboratorial, histological and ultrasonographical evaluation of anti-HCV EIA-2 positive blood donors Avaliação clínica, epidemiológica, laboratorial, histológica e ultrassonográfica de doadores de sangue anti-HCV EIA-2 positivos

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Fernando L. GONÇALES JR, Raquel S. B. STUCCHI, Maria Helena P. PAVAN, Cecília A. F. ESCANHOELA, Ademar YAMANAKA, Luís Alberto MAGNA, Neiva S. L. GONÇALES
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2000
• Subjects: Anti-HCV; Blood donors; Viral Hepatitis; Hepatitis C; Brazil; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Eia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652000000300007; https://doaj.org/article/3bef711177cb40048b39fe69e88aa879

Between 1992 and 1997, 790 blood donors with anti-HCV EIA-2 strongly reagent (relationship between the sample optical density/cut-off > 3) detected at the blood bank serological screening, were evaluated in ambulatory environment. They were all negative for Chagas disease, syphilis, hepatitis B (...