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The prevalence and incidence of hepatitis C virus infections among dialysis patients in the Netherlands: a nationwide prospective study.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2000
Schneeberger P M, Keur I, van Loon A M, Mortier D, de Coul K O, van Haperen A V, Sanna R, van Der Heijden T G, van Den Hoven H, van Hamersvelt H W, Quint W, van Doorn L J
Abstract excerpt
A nationwide prospective survey on hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections among dialysis patients in The Netherlands was performed. Patients were recruited from 34 dialysis centers and were tested for antibodies and HCV RNA in 1995 and 1997. Seronegative serum samples were analyzed by reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction in pools. HCV-RNA-positive serum samples were genotyped and were partly sequenced. In...
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