HCV Infection Frequency and Trends Among Voluntary Blood Donors in Cluj County (Romania) Between 2006 and 2011.

Background And Aims: In Europe a wide variation in HCV prevalence between countries was described, ranging from 0.1 to 6.0%, higher in Eastern Europe than in Western Europe, which may threaten the biological safety of donated blood.

The seroprevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among blood donors from the North West region of Romania.

The infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) known also as a blood-borne infection can be life-threatening by delayed consequences of persistent infection. This study aimed to estimate the hepatitis C infection prevalence, its epidemiological mode of manifestation and its recent evolution among blood donors from North West region of Romania. We made a chronological study using the HCV seropositive confirmed results to serological blood donors screening, provided by two Blood Transfusion Centres, chosen for their quality of provided data: Cluj and Satu Mare.