Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	37872
Country	China

Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Retrospective Study
Article Title	Epidemiological features of chronic hepatitis C infection caused by remunerated blood donors: A nearly 27-year period survey
Manuscript Source	Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List	You-Wen Tan, Yan Tao, Long-Gen Liu, Yun Ye, Xin-Bei Zhou, Li Chen and Cong He
Funding Agency and Grant Number	Funding Agency Grant Number Preventive Medicine research projects of Jiangsu Province Y2012016 Social Development Project of Zhenjiang City SH2014060
Corresponding Author	You-Wen Tan, PhD, Attending Doctor, Chief Doctor, Doctor, Department of Hepatosis, The Third Hospital of Zhenjiang Affiliated Jiangsu University, No.300 Daijiamen, Runzhou Distinct, Zhenjiang 212001, Jiangsu Province, China. tyw915@sina.com
Key Words	Blood donor; Hepatitis C; Cross-sectional study; Epidemiologic; China
Core Tip	A retrospective and cross-sectional study was conducted. A total of 1694 participants were investigated and categorized into three groups: 2 (3.3%), 534 (68.5%), and 324 (58.8%) patients positive for anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) in blood donor, single plasma donor, and mixed donor groups, respectively. A total of 592 (68.05%) cases had detectable HCV RNA, and genotype 1b accounted for 91.9%. A total of 161 (27.2%, 161/592) patients with chronic HCV were considered to have cirrhosis with a liver stiffness measurement level of more than 12 kPa. Multiple logistic (binary) regression analysis results showed that platelet and IgG levels were associated with cirrhosis.
Citation	Tan YW, Tao Y, Liu LG, Ye Y, Zhou XB, Chen L, He C. Epidemiological features of chronic hepatitis C infection caused by remunerated blood donors: A nearly 27-year period survey. World J Gastroenterol 2018; 24(11): 1250-1258

Received	2018-01-09 16:25
Peer-Review Started	2018-01-09 19:18
To Make the First Decision	2018-01-24 08:05
Return for Revision	2018-01-25 03:08
Revised	2018-02-01 13:43
Second Decision	2018-02-08 06:18
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Company Editor-in-Chief	2018-02-09 05:36
Articles in Press	2018-02-09 05:36
Publication Fee Transferred
Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor	2018-02-11 21:36
Typeset the Manuscript	2018-03-15 09:13

ISSN	1007-9327 (print) and 2219-2840 (online)
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