Marcela Contreras and John Barbara wrote to Dr Harvey Alter, stating it was unethical to delay anti-HCV screening pending the US study of post-transfusion hepatitis infections, and questioned the causal association between transfusion and cases of cirrhosis.

Chronology Information

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Chapter/issue
Hepatitis C Screening
Key Person(s)
Dr John Andrew Barbara
Dame Carmen Marcela Contreras