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L Piazza

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[Horizontal transmission of hepatitis C virus to family members of infected polytransfused pediatric patients].

The aim of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of the HCV antibodies in the relatives of polytransfused patients with different haemoglobinopathies. Our results have shown that 4.7% of relatives are aHCV positive. This incidence is much higher than that one reported in scientific publications with regard to non-haemoglobinopathis aHCV positive patients. Therefore a careful prevention and surveillance is needed in order to avoid the risk of infection in these subjects.

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