Behavior of Antibody Profile against Hepatitis C Virus in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis
| Autor: | Lusvarghi E, G. Medici, A. M. Savazzi, L. Vandelli, G. Zanchetta, M. De Palma, Chiara Vecchi |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Hepatitis C virus medicine.medical_treatment Parenteral transmission Prevalence Hepacivirus medicine.disease_cause Renal Dialysis Risk Factors Internal medicine medicine Humans Hepatitis Antibodies Risk factor Dialysis Aged Uremia Cross Infection business.industry virus diseases Hepatitis C Middle Aged medicine.disease digestive system diseases Immunology Female Hemodialysis business Viral hepatitis |
| Zdroj: | Nephron. 61:260-262 |
| ISSN: | 2235-3186 1660-8151 |
| Popis: | The prevalence of anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) in dialysis setting is still a nonstandard datum. In particular, it is not known of the phenomenon is stable or increasing or decreasing, even in a given geographical area. We studied the behavior of anti-HCV prevalence during a 12-month follow-up in 415 hemodialysis patients treated at a single institution and belonging to a limited geographical area with standard HCV endemic. Point prevalence of anti-HCV has shown a tendency to growth linked in part of the incidence of infection, in part to new positivities in patients already on dialysis treatment. More than 50% of the new HCV-positive patients, had no history of classical parenteral transmission of the virus. These findings suggest that HCV infection is a phenomenon on the increase in dialysis units and that dialysis treatment emerges as an independent risk factor in contracting infection. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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