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To investigate the risk of non-parenteral HCV infection, sera from 302 relatives of 120 anti-HCV positive subjects were tested for the presence of anti-HCV antibodies. For the sake of comparison, sera from 17,000 blood donors were also assayed. The prevalence of HCV positivity was 4.3% in household contacts, compared to 0.78% in the donor population, indicating a significantly higher risk of infection for family members. Close personal contact may not be as critical a factor for infection as is duration of the disease.
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Riestra, S. et al. (1992). Involved factors in the intrafamilial spread of hepatitis C virus. In: De Bac, C., Taliani, G., Gerlich, W.H. (eds) Chronically Evolving Viral Hepatitis. Archives of Virology, vol 4. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-5633-9_82
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