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Post-transfusion hepatitis type non-A, non-B in southern Sweden: occurrence and clinical significance

Widell, Anders LU ; Sundstrom, Gunnar ; Hansson, Bengt-Göran LU ; Fex, Göran ; Moestrup, Torkil and Nordenfelt, Erik (1987) In Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases 19(6). p.603-610
Abstract
Two prospective studies of the occurrence and clinical significance of post-transfusion hepatitis non-A, non-B were performed in Malmo, Sweden. In both studies, patients of a broad clinical spectrum were followed up 6 and 12 weeks after transfusion. In a 7 week study from 1983, hepatitis non-A, non-B occurred in 9/173 transfused patients (5.2%) versus 1/203 untransfused controls (0.5%) (p less than 0.01). In a 6 month study from 1984-85, the incidence of hepatitis non-A, non-B had declined to 2.4% (18/739 transfused patients). The mean number of transfused units was about 5 in both studies and most patients had subclinical disease. Despite similar transfusion volumes to patients above or below 70 years of age, hepatitis non-A, non-B was... (More)
Two prospective studies of the occurrence and clinical significance of post-transfusion hepatitis non-A, non-B were performed in Malmo, Sweden. In both studies, patients of a broad clinical spectrum were followed up 6 and 12 weeks after transfusion. In a 7 week study from 1983, hepatitis non-A, non-B occurred in 9/173 transfused patients (5.2%) versus 1/203 untransfused controls (0.5%) (p less than 0.01). In a 6 month study from 1984-85, the incidence of hepatitis non-A, non-B had declined to 2.4% (18/739 transfused patients). The mean number of transfused units was about 5 in both studies and most patients had subclinical disease. Despite similar transfusion volumes to patients above or below 70 years of age, hepatitis non-A, non-B was predominantly seen among patients less than 70 years. In the 1984-85 study, hepatitis non-A, non-B incidence was 1.2% in recipients greater than or equal to 70 years, 3.4% in recipients less than 70 years and 4.5% in recipients less than 40 years. One year after the initial hepatitis non-A, non-B episode, 4/18 patients (22%) had biochemical signs of chronic hepatitis. (Less)
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  author       = {{Widell, Anders and Sundstrom, Gunnar and Hansson, Bengt-Göran and Fex, Göran and Moestrup, Torkil and Nordenfelt, Erik}},
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  publisher    = {{Informa Healthcare}},
  series       = {{Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases}},
  title        = {{Post-transfusion hepatitis type non-A, non-B in southern Sweden: occurrence and clinical significance}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/00365548709117193}},
  doi          = {{10.3109/00365548709117193}},
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