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- Title
Brief report. Absence of HCV viraemia in anti-HCV-negative haemodialysis patients.
- Authors
Dalekos, GN; Boumba, DS; Katopodis, K; Zervou, E; Sferopoulos, G; Elisaf, M; Tsianos, EV; Siamopoulos, KC
- Abstract
Background: Immunologic alterations have been reported in chronic haemodialysis (HD) patients. Some HD patients may have, therefore, an inability to produce detectable amounts of serum antibodies to hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV). Previous studies have shown the presence of HCV viraemia in anti-HCV negative HD patients (ranging from 1 to 15%). However, the universal epidemiologic impact of these cases remains uncertain since there are conflicting results. In this context, we conducted a study in an attempt to investigate the presence of HCV viraemia among anti-HCV-negative HD patients in a well-defined geographic area of the northwestern part of Greece.
- Publication
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 1998, Vol 13, Issue 7, p1804
- ISSN
0931-0509
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1093/ndt/13.7.1804