Effect of immune globulin on the prevention of experimental hepatitis C virus infection

The Journal of Infectious Diseases
K KrawczynskiD A Carson

Abstract

The efficacy of postexposure prophylaxis for the prevention of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection was studied in experimentally infected chimpanzees. Three chimpanzees were inoculated with HCV: Two were treated 1 h later with anti-HCV--negative intravenous immune globulin (IGIV) or hepatitis C immune globulin (HCIG), and a third animal was not treated. HCV infection was detected in all 3 animals within a few days of inoculation. Once passively transferred anti-HCV declined in the HCIG-treated animal, there was an increase of HCV antigen (Ag)--positive hepatocytes followed by reappearance of anti-HCV; HCV Ag disappeared concordant with the development of acute hepatitis. Acute hepatitis C developed in both the IGIV-treated and untreated chimpanzees, with peak liver enzyme activity on day 59, but was delayed in the HCIG-treated animal until day 146. Postexposure HCIG treatment markedly prolonged the incubation period of acute hepatitis C but did not prevent or delay HCV infection. IGIV had no effect on the course of HCV infection.

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