Titre : | Risk factors for acquisition of hepatitis C virus infection in blood donors: results of a case-control study |
Titre traduit : | (Facteurs de risque liés à l'infection au virus de l'hépatite C chez les donneurs sanguins: résultats d'une étude de cas témoins) |
Auteurs : | G. DELAGE ; INFANTE-RIVARD C. ; CHIAVETTA J. ; B. WILLEMS ; PI D. ; FAST M. |
Type de document : | Périodique |
Année de publication : | 1999 |
Format : | 893-899 / tabl. |
Note générale : |
Gastroenterology, 1999, 116, (4), 893-899 |
Langues: | Français |
Discipline : | MAL (Maladies infectieuses / Infectious diseases) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés HEPATITE ; CONDUITE A RISQUE ; SANG ; ENQUETE ; FACTEUR DE RISQUE ; INJECTIONThésaurus géographique CANADA |
Résumé : |
ENGLISH : BACKGROUND & AIMS: Few studies have explored risk factors predicting hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in blood donors; their results are contradictory. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between HCV infection and various risk factors in Canadian volunteer blood donors. METHODS: Four transfusion centers were involved in this case-control study. A total of 267 confirmed anti-HCV-positive blood donors were interviewed along with 1068 seronegative blood donors matched for sex, age, donation site, and date. Information was collected using a structured telephone interview. The main outcome measures were odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for various risk factors from univariate and multivariate analyses using conditional logistic regression. RESULTS: By univariate analysis, 23 variables were associated with anti-HCV positivity. In the final multivariate analysis, only 5 factors remained independently predictive of HCV infection: previous intravenous drug use (OR, 127.5; 95% CI, 26.0-625.0), having lived in a prison or juvenile detention center (56.1; 11.4-275.7), previous blood transfusion (10.5; 4.7-23.2), sexual contact with an intravenous drug user (6.9; 3.1-15.2), and tattooing (5.7; 2.5-13). CONCLUSIONS: Most blood donors acquire infection by percutaneous exposure to contaminated blood. A role for sexual transmission is suggested by this study. (Review' s abstract) |
Note de contenu : | tabl. |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Refs biblio. : | 54 |
Affiliation : |
Canadian Red Cross Society, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec Canada. Canada. |
Numéro Toxibase : | 1300785 |
Centre Emetteur : | 13 OFDT |
Cote : | A01505 |
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