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| Silva,L.K.; Silva,M.B.S.; Rodart,I.F.; Lopes,G.B.; Costa,F.Q.; Melo,M.E.; Gusmão,E.; Reis,M.G.. |
| Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been identified as the major cause of chronic liver disease among patients on chronic hemodialysis (HD), despite the important reduction in risks obtained by testing candidate blood donors for anti-HCV antibodies and the use of recombinant erythropoietin to treat anemia. A cross-sectional study was performed to estimate the prevalence of HCV infection and genotypes among HD patients in Salvador, Northeastern Brazil. Anti-HCV seroprevalence was determined by ELISA in 1243 HD patients from all ten different dialysis centers of the city. HCV infection was confirmed by RT-PCR and genotyping was performed by restriction fragment length polymorphism. Anti-HCV seroprevalence among HD patients was 10.5% (95% CI: 8.8-12.3)... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Hepatitis C; Seroprevalence; Viremia; Hemodialysis; Genotype; Brazil. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2006000500005 |
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