Hepatitis virus infection in haemodialysis patients from Moldavia

Autor: Cristian Apetrei, Adrian Covic, Irina Mititiuc, Carmen Volovat, Luminita Smaranda Iancu, D Scripcaru, Maria Covic
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association. 14(1)
ISSN: 0931-0509
Popis: dialysis population of the North Eastern region of Romania, Moldavia. Methods. The presence of HBV antigens was deter- Key words: epidemiology; haemodialysis; hepatitis B mined with an ELISA kit ( Wellcome, Abbot) and and C prevalence; risk factors HCV antibodies with the ELISA-3 Ortho-HCV, third generation test. The following individual data were collected: gender, age, duration of dialysis, rural/urban domicile, actual and previous HBV status, actual HCV Introduction status, known acute, clinically evident hepatitis episodes in the last 3 years, monthly alanine aminotransfer- The epidemiology of hepatitis B and C now seems well ase (ALAT ) and aspartate aminotransferase (ASAT ) established for countries in Western Europe [1‐9]; in levels, complete biochemical hepatic assessment at the Central and Eastern Europe, still
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