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COST-UTILITY ANALYSIS OF PRIMARY PROPHYLAXIS, COMPARED WITH ON-DEMAND TREATMENT, FOR PATIENTS WITH SEVERE HEMOPHILIA TYPE A IN COLOMBIA. Int J Technol Assess Health Care 2016; 32:337-347. [DOI: 10.1017/s0266462316000544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Objectives: This article presents a cost-utility analysis from the Colombian health system perspective comparing primary prophylaxis to on-demand treatment using exogenous clotting factor VIII (FVIII) for patients with severe hemophilia type A.Methods: We developed a Markov model to estimate expected costs and outcomes (measured as quality-adjusted life-years, QALYs) for each strategy. Transition probabilities were estimated using published studies; utility weights were obtained from a sample of Colombian patients with hemophilia and costs were gathered using local data. Both deterministic and probabilistic sensitivity analysis were performed to assess the robustness of results.Results: The additional cost per QALY gained of primary prophylaxis compared with on-demand treatment was 105,081,022 Colombian pesos (COP) (55,204 USD), and thus not considered cost-effective according to a threshold of up to three times the current Colombian gross domestic product (GDP) per-capita. When primary prophylaxis was provided throughout life using recombinant FVIII (rFVIII), which is much costlier than FVIII, the additional cost per QALY gained reached 174,159,553 COP (91,494 USD).Conclusions: using a decision rule of up to three times the Colombian GDP per capita, primary prophylaxis (with either FVIII or rFVIII) would not be considered as cost-effective in this country. However, a final decision on providing or preventing patients from primary prophylaxis as a gold standard of care for severe hemophilia type A should also consider broader criteria than the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio results itself. Only a price reduction of exogenous FVIII of 50 percent or more would make primary prophylaxis cost-effective in this context.
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Holmström M, Nangarhari A, Öhman J, Duberg AS, Majeed A, Aleman S. Long-term liver-related morbidity and mortality related to chronic hepatitis C virus infection in Swedish patients with inherited bleeding disorders. Haemophilia 2016; 22:e494-e501. [PMID: 27704656 DOI: 10.1111/hae.13020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is common in patients with inherited bleeding disorders treated with clotting factor concentrates prior to the introduction of viral inactivation of these products. The long-term consequences of hepatitis C infection in Swedish patients are not fully understood. AIM To examine the impact of HCV infection on liver-related morbidity and mortality in Swedish patients with inherited bleeding disorders. METHODS We retrospectively collected data on 183 patients with inherited bleeding disorders infected with HCV who attended the Coagulation Unit at Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden. Data regarding end-stage liver disease (ESLD), defined as presence of ascites, encephalopathy, variceal bleeding, hepatocellular carcinoma or liver-related death, were collected from the patient records and the national registers. RESULTS The median follow-up time was 35.9 years (IQR 29.0-41.2). A total of 41% had achieved sustained virological response (SVR) after treatment. In total, 14.2% developed ESLD at the median age of 52.6 years (IQR 46.5-64.7). Nineteen (35.8%) of all deaths were due to liver-related causes. Co-infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), older age at time of infection and severe form of bleeding disorder was associated with higher risk of developing ESLD, while SVR was a strong protective factor. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrated that liver-related morbidity and mortality was significant in patients with bleeding disorders and HCV infection in Sweden. Patients with HCV-infection should be candidates for treatment with the new highly effective antiviral drugs, since SVR proved to be a strong protective factor.
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- M Holmström
- Coagulation Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet at Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institutet at Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Karolinska Institutet at Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Coagulation Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet at Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institutet at Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institutet at Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Davarpanah MA, Khademolhosseini F, Rajaeefard A, Tavassoli A, Yazdanfar SK, Rezaianzadeh A. Hepatitis C Virus Infection in HIV Positive Attendees of Shiraz Behavioral Diseases Consultation Center in Southern Iran. Indian J Community Med 2013; 38:86-91. [PMID: 23878420 PMCID: PMC3714947 DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.112437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2010] [Accepted: 07/13/2012] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of HCV co-infection and its correlation with demographic and risk factors among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals attending Shiraz behavioral diseases consultation (SBDC) Center in southern Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS In a cross-sectional study, 226 consecutive HIV-positive patients who referred to SBDC Center from April 2006 to March 2007 were interviewed face-to-face to record demographic data and risk factors of HIV transmission. A 10ml sample of venous blood was drawn from every subject and tested for HCV-antibodies by third generation enzyme linked immunosorbant (ELISA) and recombinant immunoblot assays (RIBA). All samples were also analyzed by qualitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for detection of HCV-RNA. RESULTS The study population consisted of 214 men (94.7%) and 12 women (5.3%) with a mean age of 35.6 ± 7.9 years. The most prevalent risk factor was imprisonment (88.9%) followed by injecting drug use (79.2%). The prevalence of HCV infection was 88.5% by ELISA and 86.7% by RIBA, while HCV viremia was detected in 26.1% of the patients. HCV-antibody positivity was significantly associated with gender, age, marital status, occupation, injecting drug use, and history of imprisonment. It was inversely related to having an infected or high risk sexual partner. In the logistic regression model, the predictors of HCV-positivity were injecting drug use (OR = 24.9, P = 0.004) and imprisonment (OR = 21.4, P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Prevalence of HCV infection among HIV-positive individuals in our region is very high and there is a need for stricter preventive actions against transmission of HCV among this group of patients.
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Castro HE, Briceño MF, Casas CP, Rueda JD. The history and evolution of the clinical effectiveness of haemophilia type a treatment: a systematic review. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus 2012; 30:1-11. [PMID: 24554812 DOI: 10.1007/s12288-012-0209-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2012] [Accepted: 10/22/2012] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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First evidence of cases of haemophilia dates from ancient Egypt, but it was when Queen Victoria from England in the 19th century transmitted this illness to her descendants, when it became known as the "royal disease". Last decades of the 20th century account for major discoveries that improved the life expectancy and quality of life of these patients. The history and evolution of haemophilia healthcare counts ups and downs. The introduction of prophylactic schemes during the 1970s have proved to be more effective that the classic on-demand replacement of clotting factors, nevertheless many patients managed with frequent plasma transfusions or derived products became infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Hepatitis C virus during the 1980s and 1990s. Recombinant factor VIII inception has decreased the risk of blood borne infections and restored back longer life expectancies. Main concerns for haemophilia healthcare are shifting from the pure clinical aspects to the economic considerations of long-term replacement therapy. Nowadays researchers' attention has been placed on the future costs and cost-effectiveness of costly long-term treatment. Equity considerations are relevant as well, and alternative options for less affluent countries are under the scope of further research. The aim of this review was to assess the evidence of different treatment options for haemophilia type A over the past four decades, focusing on the most important technological advances that have influenced the natural course of this "royal disease".
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- Hector E Castro
- Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK ; Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Carrera 7 No. 40-62 Bogotá, Colombia
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Haematologist at Hospital San Ignacio and Hospital San José Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
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Oral lichen planus is rare in childhood, and only a few reports on this subject have appeared in the literature. Our objective was to report individual cases of oral lichen planus in childhood from our practice and to review the literature on this subject. We recruited patients younger than 18 years with oral lichen planus and documented several clinical aspects, the histopathology, patch tests, and blood examination findings. Three patients from about 10,000 dermatology patients younger than 18 years seen from 1994 to 2003 were included. Of these three, an Asian girl aged 11 years had an asymptomatic, hyperkeratotic variant of oral lichen planus, which disappeared without any treatment after 1 year. An Asian boy aged 16 years had an erosive oral lichen planus with severe pain, which healed after intensive local and systemic treatment in 2 years. A Caucasian girl aged 14 years had a hyperkeratotic variant with a little soreness, which disappeared with local treatment after 3 months. Our findings indicated that oral lichen planus in childhood is rare and therefore at present it is not possible to draw firm conclusions considering its nature and etiology. Oral lichen planus in childhood seems to occur preferentially in those of Asian race. The clinical features resemble those of oral lichen planus in adults. However, generally the prognosis of oral lichen planus in childhood seems to be more favorable than in adults.
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- Ronald Laeijendecker
- Department of Dermatology, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Albert, Schweitzerplaats, The Netherlands.
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Saketi JR, Boland GJ, van Loon AM, van Hattum J, Abdurachman SA, Sukandar E. Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among haemodialysis patients in West Java, Indonesia. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2003; 531:201-9. [PMID: 12916792 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0059-9_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/04/2023]
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- Juke R Saketi
- Division of Gastroentero-Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Padjadjaran University, Dr Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia
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Prins M, Sabin CA, Lee CA, Devereux H, Coutinho RA. Pre-AIDS mortality and its association with HIV disease progression in haemophilic men, injecting drug users and homosexual men. AIDS 2000; 14:1829-37. [PMID: 10985321 DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200008180-00019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To study pre-AIDS mortality and its association with HIV disease progression in different exposure groups with known intervals of HIV seroconversion. DESIGN AND METHODS The type and rate of pre-AIDS deaths were assessed in 111 HIV-infected haemophilic men followed in London, and 118 injecting drug users and 158 homosexual men followed in Amsterdam. In each group, the association between CD4+ T-cell count, HIV RNA and pre-AIDS mortality was studied using proportional hazards analysis. RESULTS By 10 years after seroconversion 7.3% of the haemophilic men had died without AIDS and 38.2% had developed AIDS. These figures were 20.2 and 30.5% for injecting drug users, and 8.0 and 55.0% for homosexual men. The major causes of pre-AIDS mortality appear to differ in the three exposure groups. The risk of pre-AIDS death tended to increase with decreasing CD4 cell count and increasing HIV RNA levels in injecting drug users and homosexual men. In men with haemophilia the associations were less obvious, although the log-transformed CD4 cell count was predictive for pre-AIDS death. CONCLUSIONS Pre-AIDS deaths occur and are at least partially related to HIV disease progression irrespective of how individuals became infected. Because of the longer life expectancy due to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), pre-AIDS deaths are likely to show a further increase. Methods to incorporate these intermediate outcomes should be considered in the estimation of the size of the HIV epidemic and in the survival analysis of HIV-infected individuals. Prevention and treatment of non-AIDS infections, especially hepatitis C virus infection, and cancers will become increasingly important in HIV-infected individuals. The interaction between these therapies and HAART should be closely monitored.
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- M Prins
- Municipal Health Service, Division of Public Health and Environment, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Lodi G, Porter SR, Scully C. Hepatitis C virus infection: Review and implications for the dentist. ORAL SURGERY, ORAL MEDICINE, ORAL PATHOLOGY, ORAL RADIOLOGY, AND ENDODONTICS 1998; 86:8-22. [PMID: 9690239 DOI: 10.1016/s1079-2104(98)90143-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this report was to review the current literature on hepatitis C virus infection, with particular attention to the aspects of interest for dental health care staff. MATERIAL AND METHODS The authors searched original research and review articles on specific aspects of hepatitis C virus infection, including articles on virology, epidemiology, transmission, diagnosis, natural history, extrahepatic manifestations, therapy and oral aspects of hepatitis C virus infection. The relevant material was evaluated and reviewed. RESULTS Hepatitis C virus is an RNA virus that is present throughout the world and has major geographic variations. The virus, transmitted mainly by means of blood contact, causes chronic hepatitis in up to 80% of cases and may give rise to hepatic cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in a significant proportion of patients. Although it is of limited efficacy, interferon alpha is currently the drug of choice in the treatment of the infection. Hepatitis C virus infection is associated with a number of extrahepatic manifestations that may include oral diseases such as lichen planus or sialadenitis. Although there are documented cases of nosocomial transmission to health care workers after percutaneous exposure, the prevalence of hepatitis C virus among dental staff members is probably similar to that in the general population. CONCLUSION Hepatitis C virus infection is a relatively common infection worldwide (1.4% in the US general population) that causes significant chronic hepatic disease. The dentist is thus likely to face a growing number of patients with a diagnosis of hepatitis C virus infection. For this reason it is essential for dental health care workers to be aware of the principal features of the disease and of its oral and dental implications.
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- G Lodi
- Department of Oral Medicine, Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences, University of London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, UK
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Abid S, Fkih S, Khlass B, Cherif W, Toumi NH, Jenhani F, Boukef K. [Screening and confirmation of anti-HCV antibodies in Tunisian blood donors]. Transfus Clin Biol 1997; 4:221-6. [PMID: 9162428 DOI: 10.1016/s1246-7820(97)80085-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Antibodies to Hepatitis C virus (HCV) were tested in 43000 Tunisian blood donors by using enzyme immuno-assay. Our results show that 0.7% (304/43000) were anti-HVC positive. Of these 304.78 were confirmed anti-HCV positive (0.18%) by immuno-blot, and 99 displayed an indeterminate profile. Different immune responses were observed: In donors with positive serologic pattern (78/304), 25.6% response towards whole antigens (C + NS3 + NS4 + NS5) was frequently observed (44/78) 56.4%. Reactivity to 2 antigens was observed in 28.2% (22/78) and with 3 antigens in only 15.4% (12/78), with systematic reactivity to core. In donors with indeterminate serologic pattern (99/304) 32.5%, reactivity to non-structural antigen NS5 was the most frequently observed (54/99) 54.5%, reactivity to non-structural NS3 antigen was noted in 27.3% (27/99) and to core antigen in 18.2% (18/99). No donors with isolated reactivity to NS4 were observed in our series.
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- S Abid
- Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine, Tunis, Tunisie
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Mauser-Bunschoten EP, Bresters D, Reesink HW, Roosendaal G, Chamuleau RAFM, Haan E, Jansen PLM, Berg HM. Effect and side-effects of alpha interferon treatment in haemophilia patients with chronic hepatitis C. Haemophilia 1995; 1:45-53. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2516.1995.tb00039.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Sun HY, Li ZX, Liu WL, Xu HZ, Yang SH, Tang JZ, Hao LJ. [A preliminary study of HCV infections with hemophilia and their family members]. JOURNAL OF TONGJI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY = TONG JI YI KE DA XUE XUE BAO 1994; 14:178-80. [PMID: 7528820 DOI: 10.1007/bf02886802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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28 cases of hemophilia were examined for HCV infection status by using the Kehua anti-HCV ELISA kit of second generation. It was found that the infection rate was 78.5% and the infection rate was even higher with patients who had received transfusions or preparations of coagulatory factors. 10 families of 15 patients were also investigated. It was found that of 15 hemophilia patients, 12 showed positive anti-HCV, while none of their 53 family members exhibited any positive anti-HCV. In 8 children of 9 couples no positive anti-HCV was found. Our results revealed that the hemophilia patient may get infected with HCV by receiving multiple transfusions or preparation of coagulatory factors. The risk of getting infected with HCV via daily-life contact including sexual contact is extremely low.
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- H Y Sun
- Abteilung für Klinische Immunologie, Tongji Klinik, Tongji Medizinische Universität, Wuhan
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Andreu J, Abad MA, Sanchez-Quijano A, Torronteras R, Luque F, Garcia de las Heras J, Soto B, Pineda JA, Leal M, Lissen E. High rate of nonspecific anti-hepatitis C reactivity amongst homosexual men in comparison with that found in other sexually active groups and blood donors. Viral Hepatitis and AIDS Study Group. J Intern Med 1994; 236:73-7. [PMID: 7517430 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.1994.tb01122.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the concordance of anti-hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) reactivity by a second-generation enzyme immunoassay (EIA-2) and by a four-antigen recombinant immunoblot assay (4-RIBA) in homosexual men, in comparison with that found in other sexually active groups and blood donors. DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING Tertiary referral centre, Seville, Spain. SUBJECTS A total of 1203 subjects were studied. Eight hundred and three were sexually active individuals: 547 female prostitutes, 88 heterosexual men who had frequent sexual intercourse with prostitutes, and 168 homosexual men. All of them denied blood transfusion and parenteral drug use. In addition, 400 voluntary blood donors were selected at random. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES All serum samples were screened for anti-HCV by EIA-2 and repeatedly reactive sera were tested by 4-RIBA. Homosexual men were also screened for anti-human immunodeficiency virus (anti-HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV) markers and gammaglobulin concentration. Finally, serum samples from homosexual men reactive for anti-HCV by EIA-2 were analyzed for HCV-RNA by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). RESULTS Concordance between EIA-2 and 4-RIBA in female prostitutes (71.4%), clients of prostitutes (75.0%), and blood donors (83.3%) was significantly higher than in homosexual men (38.8%) (P < 0.04). In this collective the concordance between 4-RIBA and PCR was 85.7% for positive cases and 88.8% for negative ones, and EIA-2 ratios in reactive sera were significantly higher in 4-RIBA confirmed cases (P < 0.0001). No correlation between false positive EIA-2 results and presence of HIV infection, HBV markers or hypergammaglobulinaemia was found in homosexual men by univariate analysis. CONCLUSIONS There is a high level of non-specific anti-HCV reactivity by EIA-2 amongst homosexual men in comparison with that found in other sexually active groups and blood donors. The true prevalence of HCV infection amongst homosexual men could be even lower than previously described.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Virgen del Rocio University Hospital, Seville, Spain
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Goodrick MJ, Gray SF, Rouse AM, Waters AJ, Anderson NA. Hepatitis C (HCV)-positive blood donors in south-west England: a case control study. Transfus Med 1994; 4:113-9. [PMID: 7522833 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.1994.tb00251.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The aim of this study was to compare the socio-demographic characteristics and risk factors in anti-HCV positive blood donors with those of matched controls. The participants were 50 hepatitis C antibody (HCV) positive blood donors and 50 matched blood donors with no evidence of HCV infection, who gave blood to the South Western Transfusion Centre between November 1991 and July 1992. A confidential structured interview was conducted to collect socio-demographic data and to elicit information on risk factors for HCV. Measurements were made of the prevalence of risk factors and socio-demographic characteristics in cases and controls. The main results were that 45 of the 50 cases could have been exposed to HCV by previous intravenous drug abuse (IVDA), blood transfusion or medical employment. Cases were significantly more likely to have a history of IVDA, tattooing or of medical employment than matched controls. Cases with no history of IVDA were significantly more likely to have had a blood transfusion. The key conclusions to emerge are that current policies are ineffective at excluding those with a history of IVDA from the donor pool. Consideration should be given to the introduction of a policy of direct confidential questioning about risk factors for all donors, or, at a minimum, the use of a questionnaire.
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- M J Goodrick
- South West Region Transfusion Centre, Bristol, UK
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Schneeberger PM, Vos J, van Dijk WC. Prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis C virus in a Dutch group of haemodialysis patients related to risk factors. J Hosp Infect 1993; 25:265-70. [PMID: 7510734 DOI: 10.1016/0195-6701(93)90112-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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In January 1992, 122 chronic haemodialysis patients (> 9 months dialysis) from the University Hospital Utrecht and its outpatient dialysis facility were tested for the presence of anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibodies. The objective was to identify risk factors for HCV infection in chronic haemodialysis patients in an attempt to explain the high prevalence of anti-HCV antibodies found among such haemodialysis patients. A second generation enzyme linked immuno-sorbent assay (EIA) was used as a screening test. Results were confirmed by a recombinant immunoblot assay and by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Four (3.3%) of 122 patients reacted positively in the EIA screening test as well as in the immunoblot assay; three of these were positive using PCR. None of the patients with anti-HCV antibodies had received blood products other than blood from transfusions, none had markers for a hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection or admitted intravenous drug abuse. A total number of 2395 units of blood, unscreened for HCV, had been administered to our dialysis group, an average of 19.6 (SD 44.7) units per patient. The seroprevalence of anti-HCV antibodies among blood donors in Utrecht was 0.03%. Patients with antibodies to HCV had been on dialysis longer than those dialysis patients without HCV antibodies (odds ratio 1.8, 95% CI 0.99-3.29). We conclude that the risk for HCV infection for this dialysis group can only partially be attributed to unscreened blood transfusions. Haemodialysis itself may play a role in transmission of HCV.
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- Laboratory of Virology, National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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Caspari G, Gerlich WH, Beyer J, Schmitt H. Variable results of first-generation anti-HCV enzyme immunoassay during follow-up of blood donors. Vox Sang 1993; 64:61-2. [PMID: 8383378 DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.1993.tb02518.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Rivero RA, Hedalgo-Gato R, Martinez M, Hernandez P, Ballester JM, Yamaguchi K, Fukuyoshi Y, Kiyokawa T, Takatsuki K. Antibodies to hepatitis C virus in Cuban blood donors. Vox Sang 1992; 63:285-6. [PMID: 1282758 DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.1992.tb01238.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Dorizzi RM, Schiavon R, Disperati A, Chiavolini P, Capuzzo E. Note on the measurement of alanine aminotransferase in the screening of blood donors. Vox Sang 1992; 62:246-7. [PMID: 1642006 DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.1992.tb01208.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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