HEPATITIS-C VIRUS-INFECTION IN ICELAND - A RECENTLY INTRODUCED BLOOD-BORNE DISEASE

被引：11

作者：

LOVE, A

STANZEIT, B

机构：

[1] Department of Medical Virology, University of Iceland, Ármúli la, P.O. Box 8733

来源：

EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION | 1994年 / 113卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.1017/S0950268800068540

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

This study demonstrates a very high prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis C virus among Icelandic intravenous (i.v.) drug users. Of 152 identified i.v. drug users 95 (63%) were shown to have antibodies to the hepatitis C virus. In contrast the seroprevalence in the general Icelandic population is low, (0.2%). Almost all cases of hepatitis C virus infection in Iceland are due to i.v. drug use or to use of infected blood or blood products. Sporadic cases with unexplained modes of transmission, a significant portion of hepatitis C infections elsewhere, are virtually non-existent in Iceland. The results of this study are consistent with the hypothesis that the sporadic community-acquired cases could be caused by blood transfer due to bites from insect vectors such as mosquitoes which are not found in Iceland.

引用

页码：529 / 536

页数：8

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