Seroprevalence of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B and C viruses among haemodialysis patients in two newly opened centres in Cameroon

Autor: Henry Namme Luma, Marie Patrice Halle, Servais Albert Fiacre Bagnaka Eloumou, Fondong Azingala, Felicite Kamdem, Olivier Donfack-Sontsa, Gloria Ashuntantang
Jazyk: English<br />French
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: The Pan African Medical Journal, Vol 27, Iss 235 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1937-8688
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2017.27.235.13121
Popis: INTRODUCTION: Haemodialysis (HD) patients are potentially susceptible to infection with blood borne viral agents especially; Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C Viruses (HCV), compared to the general population. We described their epidemiology in two newly created haemodialysis units in Cameroon: the Buea and Bamenda haemodialysis centres.
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