Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection among Hemodialysis Patients at a Tertiary-Care Hospital in Mexico City, Mexico
Open Access
- 1 September 2004
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 42 (9), 4321-4322
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.42.9.4321-4322.2004
Abstract
We determined the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in hemodialysis patients by antibody testing and HCV RNA determination by PCR. A total of 149 patients with kidney failure with replacement therapy were tested. The prevalence of anti-HCV was 6.7% (10 of 149 patients), and viremia was detectable in 8 of 149 (5%) patients. Three of 149 patients (2%) were anti-HCV negative with detectable HCV RNA.Keywords
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