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To the Editor: In the report by Kenny-Walsh and the Irish Hepatology Research Group (April 22 issue)¹ on the outbreak of hepatitis C in Ireland in 1977 associated with the administration of anti-D immune globulin contaminated with hepatitis C virus (HCV), Table 1 lists the estimated number of recipients of anti-D immune globulin on the basis of the estimated number of vials issued and the number of recipients tested. We would like to supply more precise details.

Overall, 21,603 persons who indicated that they had received anti-D immune globulin between 1977 and 1979 have been screened for HCV by the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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