Impact on mortality of being seropositive for hepatitis C virus antibodies among blood donors in Brazil: A twenty-year study.

Impact on mortality of being seropositive for hepatitis C virus antibodies among blood donors in Brazil: A twenty-year study.

<h4>Introduction</h4>Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major health problem associated with considerable risk of mortality in different regions of the world. The purpose of this study was to investigate the contribution of HCV infection on all-cause and liver-related mortality, in a...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hélio Ranes de Menezes Filho, Ana Luiza de Souza Bierrenbach, Maria Ligia Damato Capuani, Alfredo Mendrone, Adele Schwartz Benzaken, Soraia Mafra Machado, Marielena Vogel Saivish, Ester Cerdeira Sabino, Steven Sol Witkin, Maria Cássia Mendes-Corrêa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226566

Internet

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226566

Similar Items