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An update on the management of hepatitis C: Guidelines for protease inhibitor-based triple therapy from the Latin American Association for the Study of the Liver
2013, Annals of HepatologyCitation Excerpt :The risk of infection and the associated odds ratio (OR) are as follows: intravenous drug use, OR 49.6; transfusion of infected blood products, OR 10.9 (especially if it occurred before 1992 or 1987 for coagulation concentrates); more than 20 sexual contacts, OR 4.5; sex with an intravenous drug user, OR 6.3; being in prison for > 3 years, OR 2.9; occupational exposure, OR 2.1; piercings or tattoos, OR 2; intravenous immunoglobulin use, OR 1.6; and vertical transmission from mother to child.119 The risk of occupational exposure applies especially to health care workers (HCWs), for whom the estimated prevalence of HCV is 0.28–7.9%.120 The rate of seroconversion after a percutaneous exposure to HCV is 1.8–2.2%;14,15 the highest risk is associated with hollow-bore suture needles, catheterization of a patient’s artery or vein, deep injury, and viremia detected by PCR.121,122
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